GNU bug report logs - #63648
29.0.90; project.el: with switch-use-entire-map, switch-project errors on non-project commands

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From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh <at> janestreet.com>
Cc: 63648 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#63648: 29.0.90; project.el: with switch-use-entire-map,
 switch-project errors on non-project commands
Date: Wed, 24 May 2023 19:24:10 +0300

>>> (Tangential further thought: I wonder if we could make C-x p work as a
>>> prefix for all commands automatically, so for example C-x p C-x C-j
>>> would open the project root, C-x p M-& would run a shell command in the
>>> root, etc.  That would be neat.)
>>
>> IOW, like 'C-x p p' but without asking for another project.  Doable as well.
>
> I'm curious, how are you thinking this would be implemented?  My thought
> was that C-x p would act as a prefix for any key sequence in this way,
> *but* also C-x p c and the other things currently in project-prefix-map
> would still be explicitly bound, so they can be looked up with
> describe-key.  And also, C-x p C-h should still run
> describe-prefix-bindings.  I don't know how one would achieve this...

Probably this is not possible.  What I meant is to bind 'C-x p'
to a special command that uses 'set-transient-map'.  But then such
command could be bound to e.g. 'C-x p /' (with mnemonics "root")
to set 'default-directory' to the project root for the next command.

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