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24.0.50; [PATCH] enhancement request: buttonize key names

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Message #82 received at 8951 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>, Stefan Monnier
 <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: "8951 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <8951 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: RE: [External] : Re: bug#8951: 24.0.50; [PATCH] enhancement request:
 buttonize key names
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2021 22:47:23 +0000

> > `substitute-command-keys' is a general function; it's not
> > used only for *Help* output.  Why not give it an optional
> > arg to do this font/linkifying?
> 
> I prefer not to, unless we have a use-case for it.  YAGNI.

Grep even just the vanilla Emacs-Lisp sources for
`substitute-command-keys'.  It's not used only for
*Help*.  And then think about uses by other code,
besides vanilla Emacs.

What's the reason you prefer not to?  I don't
understand.  Maybe you have a good reason, but
I don't think you gave any (?).

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