Subject: Re: bug#25174: C-h v some keymap now gives some numbers instead of the familiar bindings

From: Michael Heerdegen <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2019 10:56:01 +0200

Lars Ingebrigtsen <[email-masked]> writes:

> Michael Heerdegen <[email-masked]> writes:
>
> > Lars Ingebrigtsen <[email-masked]> writes:
> >
> >> A keymap is just a list (or vector); C-h v should display it as is.
> >
> > It would display it "as is", it would just use a syntax like e.g. ?t
> > instead of 166.  How would that be problematic?
>
> I think it just sounds a bit confusing.  Would users believe that ?t is
> something else than 166 just in a keymap context?

Why would they?  This char syntax is widely used.

> And no matter how you display the keymap in `C-h v', it's going to be
> pretty incomprehensible.

We have just very different opinions here I think.

Michael.