Subject: Re: bug#14086: 24.3.50; `substitute-command-keys': inappropriate "(that binding is currently shadowed by another mode)"

From: Michael Heerdegen <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 04 Oct 2020 04:41:51 +0200

Drew Adams <[email-masked]> writes:

> Not sure what you're saying.  Why should we show the
> shadowed binding?  That's the question I was asking
> there.  How it comes to be shown was the subject
> above that in the post.  But should it be shown?
> If so, why?

It's debatable, sure.  But sometimes it's useful info, don't you think?
If you unbind the shadowing key to nil, the other binding will take
effect, so in that sense it is meaningful to the behavior of the keymap.

Do you think we should not list shadowed bindings (and why)?

Michael.