GNU bug report logs - #49265
28.0.50; repeat mode feature request

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Message #50 received at 49265 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: "49265 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <49265 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>,
 Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>, Ergus <spacibba <at> aol.com>
Subject: RE: bug#49265: [External] : bug#49265: 28.0.50; repeat mode feature
 request
Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2021 21:09:24 +0000

> >> >>   "Describe repeatable commands and keymaps."
> >> >
> >> > Again, that's wrong.  "Repeatable keymaps" doesn't
> >> > mean anything (to me, anyway).  If you mean describe
> >> > the keys bound to repeatable commands then say that.
> >
> > And what constitutes a keymap with repeatable commands?
> > Is a keymap with one repeatable command repeatable, even
> > if it also has bindings for commands that are not
> > repeatable?
> 
> I don't see where is "Repeatable keymaps" used?
> The above docstring is
> 
>   "Describe repeatable commands and keymaps."
> 
> i.e. "repeatable commands" and also their "keymaps".

The text is ambiguous.  If that's what you mean,
please reword it.  For example, this unambiguously
applies "repeatable" only to "commands":

  Describe keymaps and repeatable commands.

But is "describe keymaps" appropriate?  Or are the
keymaps that are described here only certain ones?

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