GNU bug report logs - #30660
mention describe-bindings on (info "(emacs) Keymaps")

Previous Next

Full log

View this message in rfc822 format

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: larsi <at> gnus.org, 30660 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, jidanni <at> jidanni.org
Subject: bug#30660: mention describe-bindings on (info "(emacs) Keymaps")
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 10:07:56 +0200

> From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
> Cc: larsi <at> gnus.org,  30660 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,  jidanni <at> jidanni.org
> Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 23:01:50 +0100
> 
> >> Re-reading your message, I see that you also asked for a
> >> "cross-reference in the elisp manual which points to that".  My patch
> >> did not add such a reference.  That was an oversight on my part.
> >
> > Yes, that's what I was missing.  Also, the log message says
> >
> >   * lisp/help-fns.el (describe-keymap): New command to show key bindings
> >   for a given keymap.  (Bug#30660)
> >   * doc/emacs/help.texi (Misc Help): Document it.
> >
> > but I see no patch part that describes describe-keymap in help.texi...
> 
> Please find attached an updated patch below.

Thanks.

> +@findex describe-keymap
> +Finally, @kbd{M-x describe-keymap} prompts for the name of a keymap
> +variable and displays a listing of all key bindings in that keymap.

This should mention the completion on keymaps:

  "...prompts for the name of a keymap, with completion, and displays
  the listing of all the key bindings in that keymap."

Also, do we want to have some reasonable default value for this
prompt?

Otherwise, LGTM.

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.