Subject: Re: bug#70576: [PATCH] `repeat-echo-message-string': support repeat keymap "hints"

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 02 May 2024 10:16:47 +0300

> Cc: [email-masked]
> From: Juri Linkov <[email-masked]>
> Date: Thu, 02 May 2024 09:48:06 +0300
> 
> close 70576 30.0.50
> thanks
> 
> >>> (defvar-keymap expreg-repeat-map
> >>>    :doc "Repeat map for `expreg' actions."
> >>>    :repeat '(:hints ((expreg-expand . "expand") (expreg-contract . "contract")))
> >>>    "\\" 'expreg-expand
> >>>    "|"  'expreg-contract)
> >>
> >> If a hint is missing for a command, it should just have its key mentioned.
> >> It looks like your idea would require changes to defvar-keymap.  Do you
> >> want to propose a patch?  We'd need some way to pass the hints in; perhaps
> >> the macro could set a property on the command symbol as you initially
> >> proposed.
> >
> > Alright, let's add this to defvar-keymap.  Please try the following patch.
> 
> Thanks for the feature request.  This is pushed now.

Thanks, but please also update the ELisp manual and add an entry to
NEWS about this change.