GNU bug report logs - #23236
25.0.90; Document command remapping in Emacs manual, not just Elisp manual

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2016 15:05:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 25.0.90

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 23236 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, drew.adams <at> oracle.com
Subject: bug#23236: 25.0.90;	Document command remapping in Emacs manual, not just Elisp manual
Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2016 19:49:48 +0300

> Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2016 08:58:24 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> Cc: 23236 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> > > Search the Emacs manual for "remap".  You will find nothing about
> > > command remapping.
> > 
> > Because it's not a user-level feature.
> 
> I disagree.  Why do you say it is not?  Are users not supposed to
> remap commands?

Users that code in Lisp are.  Users that don't aren't.

> If they are, then what could you possibly mean
> by saying that doing so is not "user-level"?

It's not for users who don't write Lisp code.

> Binding keys is an extremely common end-user task.  (Yes, it is.
> It is 100% "user-level", in addition to being something that is
> done in non-user files.)

And it is virtually impossible without writing Lisp.
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