GNU bug report logs - #48197
describe-key could mention original values

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From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: describe-key could mention original values
Date: Mon, 03 May 2021 23:35:01 +0800

describe-variable also tells people what the original value was.
Perhaps describe-key could also do the same.

xxx runs the command yyy
It is bound to xxx
It was originally bound to aaa and bbb.

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: 48197 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#48197: describe-key could mention original values
Date: Tue, 04 May 2021 10:17:04 +0200

積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org> writes:

> describe-variable also tells people what the original value was.
> Perhaps describe-key could also do the same.
>
> xxx runs the command yyy
> It is bound to xxx
> It was originally bound to aaa and bbb.

This would mean keeping track of all keymap states -- there is no
"original value" for a keymap.  Or at least keep a list of all
overwritten values in `define-key' and friends.

I don't think this is particularly useful, and it would require more
infrastructure than it's worth.  So I'm closing this bug report.

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