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

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
Cc: 14086 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Subject: Re: bug#14086: 24.3.50;
 `substitute-command-keys': inappropriate "(that binding is currently
 shadowed by another mode)"
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 14:26:54 +0200

Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de> writes:

> Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:
>
>> "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:
>>
>> >  M-r             previous-matching-history-element
>> >    (that binding is currently shadowed by another mode)
>
> I guess this happens because `minibuffer-local-completion-map', where
> Drew made the binding, has as parent map `minibuffer-local-map', whose
> binding (indeed) gets shadowed.
>
> Dunno whether the different ways of shadowing can be easily
> distinguished.  But I agree that the wording is misleading.
>
> Maybe we should just say "that binding is currently shadowed".

Or "(this binding is currently shadowed)"?  The "that" is the oddest
part of the sentence.

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