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[PATCH] Copy which-key from GNU ELPA into core

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: jb <at> jeremybryant.net, 68929 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, justin <at> burkett.cc
Subject: bug#68929: [PATCH] Copy which-key from GNU ELPA into core
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2024 18:54:24 +0200

> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,  Jeremy Bryant <jb <at> jeremybryant.net>,
>   68929 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2024 11:10:44 -0500
> 
> > 4. I never really liked the timer mechanism either, but I didn't find
> > an alternative to detecting when emacs was in the middle of reading a
> > key sequence. I like the idea of which-key as simply being a different
> > describe-prefix-bindings function, but my sense is that novices
> > appreciate the automatic popup. I'm wondering if anyone has any other
> > ideas. In principle, one could have a hook that emacs uses to notify
> > which-key that emacs is waiting on a key sequence, but maybe that is
> > overkill.
> 
> I don't have a strong opinion about the use of a timer.
> But maybe we could hook into the `echo-keystrokes` mechanism (and thus
> reuse its timer, which also defaults to 1s).

Yes, that'd be the first possibility I'd recommend to explore.

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