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(describe-map): If true, restore "Prefix Command" output. * etc/NEWS: Describe the new option. diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS index 3b02e85b691..5a4a038e953 100644 --- a/etc/NEWS +++ b/etc/NEWS @@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ This allows the user to customize the prompt that is appended by This is used for displaying the time and date components of 'display-time-mode'. +** New user option 'describe-bindings-show-prefixes'. +If true (the default is false), restores the "Prefix Command" entries +in 'describe-binding' ('C-h b') output for keys that are prefixes, the +details of which are shown later (regardless of this option setting). + * Editing Changes in Emacs 30.1 diff --git a/lisp/help.el b/lisp/help.el index 83be85b1ee4..37a08718f9d 100644 --- a/lisp/help.el +++ b/lisp/help.el @@ -717,6 +717,12 @@ describe-bindings-outline :group 'help :version "29.1") +(defcustom describe-bindings-show-prefixes nil + "Non-nil shows prefixes in the output buffer of `describe-bindings'." + :type 'boolean + :group 'help + :version "30.1") + (declare-function outline-hide-subtree "outline") (defun describe-bindings (&optional prefix buffer) @@ -1699,6 +1705,7 @@ describe-map (setq vect (cdr vect)) (setq end (caar vect)))) (when (or (not (eq start end)) + describe-bindings-show-prefixes ;; Don't output keymap prefixes. (not (keymapp definition))) (when first --=-=-=-- From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sun Mar 19 15:35:56 2023 Received: (at 62279) by debbugs.gnu.org; 19 Mar 2023 19:35:57 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52814 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1pdyou-0005Pz-LE for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 19 Mar 2023 15:35:56 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:37810) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1pdyor-0005Pm-GV for 62279@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 19 Mar 2023 15:35:54 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pdyom-0000p7-6M; Sun, 19 Mar 2023 15:35:48 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From:Date: mime-version; bh=Vh3/IeA6NEP6CX7PfbU+BxgvUp4IkxM4FfwQOgS8w0o=; b=AIMygW/YThU0 xEGEZRBCWJwBwqq6I1G3tNc8XCIBxg7LkPkg453FAAEhydBHKmD0BZrTfi6dlsyI27dq1s0IpXTlR y49xRguOEhDiGxadi8I88cQo399nyP53gu9AnElmpxKLGqoDLMNmYizHmaY1VzqlE5A7QaDeB5uYX +Yl7P3E6qn3Ah+7effA8I1yjPT6oU4nkP0JwancPD9zzYMTvVaWlOHS4iDnUtDc61rJRer5oWJzxR MqfVqE5ApCNOMQvqELWrEdMlevn5estqdDVP5pVPdxIS7YKEOPdp8dUTN8LV17C3xo1qq1WRSY7D5 SXRzcgjK8Y9fFTbjBs8E9g==; Received: from [87.69.77.57] (helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pdyoU-0000k3-Un; Sun, 19 Mar 2023 15:35:46 -0400 Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2023 21:35:37 +0200 Message-Id: <83zg888rg6.fsf@gnu.org> From: Eli Zaretskii To: Bob Rogers In-Reply-To: (message from Bob Rogers on Sun, 19 Mar 2023 12:26:46 -0700) Subject: Re: bug#62279: Add an option to restore C-h b "Prefix Command" output References: X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 62279 Cc: 62279@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -3.3 (---) > From: Bob Rogers > Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2023 12:26:46 -0700 > > Pursuant to the 'No more "Prefix Command" in C-h m' discussion in the > emacs-devel list. Thanks. > --- a/etc/NEWS > +++ b/etc/NEWS > @@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ This allows the user to customize the prompt that is appended by > This is used for displaying the time and date components of > 'display-time-mode'. > > +** New user option 'describe-bindings-show-prefixes'. > +If true (the default is false), restores the "Prefix Command" entries We use "If non-nil", not "If true". And similarly for "false". > +in 'describe-binding' ('C-h b') output for keys that are prefixes, the > +details of which are shown later (regardless of this option setting). This NEWS entry should go to where the change in "C-h b"s behavior is described in NEWS (on emacs-29 branch), and should be reworded to tell users how to get the previous behavior back ("To get the previous behavior back, customize ..."). > +(defcustom describe-bindings-show-prefixes nil > + "Non-nil shows prefixes in the output buffer of `describe-bindings'." > + :type 'boolean > + :group 'help > + :version "30.1") This should be "29.1". Since the behavior change was introduced in Emacs 29, we need to add this option in the same version. 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Thanks. > --- a/etc/NEWS > +++ b/etc/NEWS > @@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ This allows the user to customize the prompt that is appended by > This is used for displaying the time and date components of > 'display-time-mode'. > > +** New user option 'describe-bindings-show-prefixes'. > +If true (the default is false), restores the "Prefix Command" entries We use "If non-nil", not "If true". And similarly for "false". Guess I've been thinking too much in Perl lately. ;-} > +in 'describe-binding' ('C-h b') output for keys that are prefixes, the > +details of which are shown later (regardless of this option setting). This NEWS entry should go to where the change in "C-h b"s behavior is described in NEWS (on emacs-29 branch), and should be reworded to tell users how to get the previous behavior back ("To get the previous behavior back, customize ..."). OK. I also subordinated it to the "Keymap descriptions have changed" entry, since that seemed apt. > +(defcustom describe-bindings-show-prefixes nil > + "Non-nil shows prefixes in the output buffer of `describe-bindings'." > + :type 'boolean > + :group 'help > + :version "30.1") This should be "29.1". Since the behavior change was introduced in Emacs 29, we need to add this option in the same version. OK, I wasn't sure Lars' change actually made it into 29. -- Bob --MfnzWuhdc8 Content-Type: text/x-patch; name="describe-bindings-show-prefixes-3.patch" Content-Disposition: inline; filename="describe-bindings-show-prefixes-3.patch" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Add an option to restore C-h b "Prefix Command" output * lisp/help.el (describe-bindings-show-prefixes): Option to enable prefixes. (describe-map): If true, restore "Prefix Command" output. * etc/NEWS: Describe the new option. diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS index a5f9f8c6ec1..c4e16221d72 100644 --- a/etc/NEWS +++ b/etc/NEWS @@ -3563,6 +3563,10 @@ keymap descriptions have changed. In particular, prefix commands are not output at all, and instead of "??" for closures/functions, "[closure]"/"[lambda]" is output. +*** New user option 'describe-bindings-show-prefixes'. +To reinstate the "Prefix Command" entries in key binding output for +keys that are prefixes, set this option non-nil (the default is nil). + --- ** 'downcase' details have changed slightly. In certain locales, changing the case of an ASCII-range character may diff --git a/lisp/help.el b/lisp/help.el index 83be85b1ee4..3e450fe0763 100644 --- a/lisp/help.el +++ b/lisp/help.el @@ -717,6 +717,12 @@ describe-bindings-outline :group 'help :version "29.1") +(defcustom describe-bindings-show-prefixes nil + "Non-nil shows prefixes in the output buffer of `describe-bindings'." + :type 'boolean + :group 'help + :version "29.1") + (declare-function outline-hide-subtree "outline") (defun describe-bindings (&optional prefix buffer) @@ -1699,6 +1705,7 @@ describe-map (setq vect (cdr vect)) (setq end (caar vect)))) (when (or (not (eq start end)) + describe-bindings-show-prefixes ;; Don't output keymap prefixes. (not (keymapp definition))) (when first --MfnzWuhdc8-- From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Thu Mar 23 04:33:45 2023 Received: (at 62279-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 23 Mar 2023 08:33:45 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37304 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1pfGOG-0005Ip-PZ for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 23 Mar 2023 04:33:45 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:46010) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1pfGOE-0005Id-UX for 62279-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 23 Mar 2023 04:33:43 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pfGO9-00066O-J2; Thu, 23 Mar 2023 04:33:37 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From:Date: mime-version; bh=KFkxvXFYXdyyCELjYcv31GsWQatCJmx1KZGFccGsBc4=; b=qYUr9itOtzlV hhKLRfsJooU6v9RAwL77juu5BNvNQwuAS5L8jHFqluJP59g+ODjgd9SydFtQydx480SepVLnSOXCw NQbA8/p0OlebvREkl8Ibf8hVLdpkb6IWtJssnnCG3VaeshHxZFyxz1yO2Y/iACaifnkg0KqbHmjwK 8tlOuvFFtAxAGQ5wK9CRvsfzlpcjKZurVosECmbDXZDHWCAuMRVNDqIj+grUQb8QV5Bwph66bOxrQ /575OyWCLj3iQGg9UCjh37m2H9+fnXWJwNqEUOqQB3TVZIMtjQDI1IwVbuFjwpZf6vkbcQ40vV6z+ zsuPy5LW+vwg1xAlIL0KTw==; Received: from [87.69.77.57] (helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pfGO8-0004ky-W9; Thu, 23 Mar 2023 04:33:37 -0400 Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2023 10:33:53 +0200 Message-Id: <835yar6f4e.fsf@gnu.org> From: Eli Zaretskii To: Bob Rogers In-Reply-To: <25623.27057.76142.835365@orion.rgrjr.com> (message from Bob Rogers on Sun, 19 Mar 2023 12:59:45 -0700) Subject: Re: bug#62279: Add an option to restore C-h b "Prefix Command" output References: <83zg888rg6.fsf@gnu.org> <25623.27057.76142.835365@orion.rgrjr.com> X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 62279-done Cc: 62279-done@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -3.3 (---) > From: Bob Rogers > Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2023 12:59:45 -0700 > CC: 62279@debbugs.gnu.org > > From: Eli Zaretskii > Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2023 21:35:37 +0200 > > > From: Bob Rogers > > Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2023 12:26:46 -0700 > > > > Pursuant to the 'No more "Prefix Command" in C-h m' discussion in the > > emacs-devel list. > > Thanks. > > > --- a/etc/NEWS > > +++ b/etc/NEWS > > @@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ This allows the user to customize the prompt that is appended by > > This is used for displaying the time and date components of > > 'display-time-mode'. > > > > +** New user option 'describe-bindings-show-prefixes'. > > +If true (the default is false), restores the "Prefix Command" entries > > We use "If non-nil", not "If true". And similarly for "false". > > Guess I've been thinking too much in Perl lately. ;-} > > > +in 'describe-binding' ('C-h b') output for keys that are prefixes, the > > +details of which are shown later (regardless of this option setting). > > This NEWS entry should go to where the change in "C-h b"s behavior is > described in NEWS (on emacs-29 branch), and should be reworded to tell > users how to get the previous behavior back ("To get the previous > behavior back, customize ..."). > > OK. I also subordinated it to the "Keymap descriptions have changed" > entry, since that seemed apt. > > > +(defcustom describe-bindings-show-prefixes nil > > + "Non-nil shows prefixes in the output buffer of `describe-bindings'." > > + :type 'boolean > > + :group 'help > > + :version "30.1") > > This should be "29.1". Since the behavior change was introduced in > Emacs 29, we need to add this option in the same version. > > OK, I wasn't sure Lars' change actually made it into 29. Thanks, I've now installed this (with some minor changes) on the emacs-29 branch, and I'm therefore closing this bug. From unknown Sat Jun 14 03:49:57 2025 Received: (at fakecontrol) by fakecontrolmessage; To: internal_control@debbugs.gnu.org From: Debbugs Internal Request Subject: Internal Control Message-Id: bug archived. Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2023 11:24:16 +0000 User-Agent: Fakemail v42.6.9 # This is a fake control message. # # The action: # bug archived. thanks # This fakemail brought to you by your local debbugs # administrator