# HG changeset patch # User Luc Teirlinck # Date 1092152414 0 # Node ID c54de325e9266e269b5690bc7d2d1234bac23c07 # Parent 6328ed019e83dd98d809e78297762ccfe03ed925 Various changes in addition to: (Keymap Terminology): `kbd' uses same syntax as Edit Macro mode. Give more varied examples for `kbd'. (Creating Keymaps): Char tables have slots for all characters without modifiers. (Active Keymaps): `overriding-local-map' and `overriding-terminal-local-map' also override text property and overlay keymaps. (Functions for Key Lookup): Mention OLP arg to `current-active-maps'. (Scanning Keymaps): `accessible-keymaps' uses `[]' instead of `""' to denote a prefix of no events. `map-keymap' includes parent's bindings _recursively_. Clarify and correct description of `where-is-internal'. Mention BUFFER-OR-NAME arg to `describe-bindings'. (Menu Example): For menus intended for use with the keyboard, the menu items should be bound to characters or real function keys. diff -r 6328ed019e83 -r c54de325e926 lispref/keymaps.texi --- a/lispref/keymaps.texi Tue Aug 10 08:18:04 2004 +0000 +++ b/lispref/keymaps.texi Tue Aug 10 15:40:14 2004 +0000 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ @c -*-texinfo-*- @c This is part of the GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual. -@c Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000 +@c Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004 @c Free Software Foundation, Inc. @c See the file elisp.texi for copying conditions. @setfilename ../info/keymaps @@ -103,16 +103,19 @@ This macro converts the text @var{keyseq-text} (a string constant) into a key sequence (a string or vector constant). The contents of @var{keyseq-text} should describe the key sequence using the syntax -used in this manual: +used in this manual. More precisely, it uses the same syntax that +Edit Macro mode uses for editing keyboard macros (@pxref{Edit Keyboard +Macro,,, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}). @example (kbd "C-x") @result{} "\C-x" (kbd "C-x C-f") @result{} "\C-x\C-f" -(kbd "C-c C-c") @result{} "\C-c\C-c" (kbd "C-x 4 C-f") @result{} "\C-x4\C-f" (kbd "X") @result{} "X" (kbd "RET") @result{} "\^M" -(kbd "C-c 3") @result{} "\C-c3" +(kbd "C-c SPC") @result{} "\C-c@ " +(kbd " SPC") @result{} [f1 32] +(kbd "C-M-") @result{} [C-M-down] @end example @end defmac @@ -144,7 +147,8 @@ elements of the keymap is given @var{binding} as its binding. Default bindings allow a keymap to bind all possible event types without having to enumerate all of them. A keymap that has a default binding -completely masks any lower-precedence keymap. +completely masks any lower-precedence keymap, except for events +explicitly bound to @code{nil} (see below). @item @var{char-table} If an element of a keymap is a char-table, it counts as holding @@ -251,17 +255,15 @@ @c ??? This should come after make-sparse-keymap @defun make-keymap &optional prompt This function creates and returns a new full keymap. That keymap -contains a char-table (@pxref{Char-Tables}) with 384 slots: the first -128 slots are for defining all the @acronym{ASCII} characters, the next 128 -slots are for 8-bit European characters, and each one of the final 128 -slots is for one character set of non-@acronym{ASCII} characters supported by -Emacs. The new keymap initially binds all these characters to -@code{nil}, and does not bind any other kind of event. +contains a char-table (@pxref{Char-Tables}) with slots for all +characters without modifiers. The new keymap initially binds all +these characters to @code{nil}, and does not bind any other kind of +event. @example @group (make-keymap) - @result{} (keymap [nil nil nil @dots{} nil nil]) + @result{} (keymap #^[t nil nil nil @dots{} nil nil keymap]) @end group @end example @@ -509,6 +511,7 @@ @defun define-prefix-command symbol &optional mapvar prompt @cindex prefix command +@anchor{Definition of define-prefix-command} This function prepares @var{symbol} for use as a prefix key's binding: it creates a sparse keymap and stores it as @var{symbol}'s function definition. Subsequently binding a key sequence to @var{symbol} will @@ -698,15 +701,16 @@ @defvar overriding-local-map If non-@code{nil}, this variable holds a keymap to use instead of the -buffer's local keymap and instead of all the minor mode keymaps. This -keymap, if any, overrides all other maps that would have been active, -except for the current global map. +buffer's local keymap, text property or overlay keymaps, and instead +of all the minor mode keymaps. This keymap, if any, overrides all +other maps that would have been active, except for the current global +map. @end defvar @defvar overriding-terminal-local-map If non-@code{nil}, this variable holds a keymap to use instead of -@code{overriding-local-map}, the buffer's local keymap and all the minor -mode keymaps. +@code{overriding-local-map}, the buffer's local keymap, text property +or overlay keymaps, and all the minor mode keymaps. This variable is always local to the current terminal and cannot be buffer-local. @xref{Multiple Displays}. It is used to implement @@ -977,9 +981,12 @@ @end example @end defun -@defun current-active-maps +@defun current-active-maps &optional olp This returns the list of keymaps that would be used by the command -loop in the current circumstances to look up a key sequence. +loop in the current circumstances to look up a key sequence. Normally +it ignores @code{overriding-local-map} and +@code{overriding-terminal-local-map}, but if @var{olp} is +non-@code{nil} then it pays attention to them. @end defun @defun local-key-binding key &optional accept-defaults @@ -1191,7 +1198,7 @@ default global map. The function @code{substitute-key-definition} scans a keymap for -keys that have a certain binding and rebind them with a different +keys that have a certain binding and rebinds them with a different binding. Another feature you can use for similar effects, but which is often cleaner, is to add a binding that remaps a command (@pxref{Remapping Commands}). @@ -1324,7 +1331,7 @@ Whenever @code{my-mode-map} is an active keymap, if the user types @kbd{C-k}, Emacs will find the standard global binding of @code{kill-line} (assuming nobody has changed it). But -@code{my-mode-map} remaps @code{kill-line} to @code{my-mode-map}, +@code{my-mode-map} remaps @code{kill-line} to @code{my-kill-line}, so instead of running @code{kill-line}, Emacs runs @code{my-kill-line}. @@ -1337,15 +1344,16 @@ @noindent does not have the effect of remapping @code{kill-line} into -@code{my-other-kill-line}. If an ordinary key binding specifies +@code{my-other-kill-line}. If an ordinary key binding specifies @code{kill-line}, this keymap will remap it to @code{my-kill-line}; if an ordinary binding specifies @code{my-kill-line}, this keymap will remap it to @code{my-other-kill-line}. @defun command-remapping command -This function returns the remapping for @var{command}, given the -current active keymaps. If @var{command} is not remapped (which is -the usual situation), the function returns @code{nil}. +This function returns the remapping for @var{command} (a symbol), +given the current active keymaps. If @var{command} is not remapped +(which is the usual situation), or not a symbol, the function returns +@code{nil}. @end defun @node Key Binding Commands @@ -1409,7 +1417,7 @@ Latin-1 character with code 246 (@kbd{M-v}). In order to use this binding, you need to enter the multibyte Latin-1 character as keyboard input. One way to do this is by using an appropriate input method -(@pxref{Input Methods, , Input Methods, emacs,The GNU Emacs Manual}). +(@pxref{Input Methods, , Input Methods, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}). If you want to use a unibyte character in the key binding, you can construct the key sequence string using @code{multibyte-char-to-unibyte} @@ -1499,7 +1507,7 @@ @var{keymap} is @var{map}. The elements of the alist are ordered so that the @var{key} increases -in length. The first element is always @code{("" .@: @var{keymap})}, +in length. The first element is always @code{([] .@: @var{keymap})}, because the specified keymap is accessible from itself with a prefix of no events. @@ -1517,7 +1525,7 @@ @smallexample @group (accessible-keymaps (current-local-map)) -@result{}(("" keymap +@result{}(([] keymap (27 keymap ; @r{Note this keymap for @key{ESC} is repeated below.} (83 . center-paragraph) (115 . center-line)) @@ -1541,7 +1549,7 @@ @smallexample @group (accessible-keymaps (current-global-map)) -@result{} (("" keymap [set-mark-command beginning-of-line @dots{} +@result{} (([] keymap [set-mark-command beginning-of-line @dots{} delete-backward-char]) @end group @group @@ -1572,6 +1580,8 @@ for each binding in @var{keymap}. It passes two arguments, the event type and the value of the binding. If @var{keymap} has a parent, the parent's bindings are included as well. +This works recursively: if the parent has itself a parent, then the +grandparent's bindings are also included and so on. This function is the cleanest way to examine all the bindings in a keymap. @@ -1580,7 +1590,7 @@ @defun where-is-internal command &optional keymap firstonly noindirect no-remap This function is a subroutine used by the @code{where-is} command (@pxref{Help, , Help, emacs,The GNU Emacs Manual}). It returns a list -of key sequences (of any length) that are bound to @var{command} in a +of all key sequences (of any length) that are bound to @var{command} in a set of keymaps. The argument @var{command} can be any object; it is compared with all @@ -1588,7 +1598,7 @@ If @var{keymap} is @code{nil}, then the maps used are the current active keymaps, disregarding @code{overriding-local-map} (that is, pretending -its value is @code{nil}). If @var{keymap} is non-@code{nil}, then the +its value is @code{nil}). If @var{keymap} is a keymap, then the maps searched are @var{keymap} and the global keymap. If @var{keymap} is a list of keymaps, only those keymaps are searched. @@ -1598,11 +1608,12 @@ @code{(keymap)} (an empty keymap) as @var{keymap}. If @var{firstonly} is @code{non-ascii}, then the value is a single -string representing the first key sequence found, rather than a list of +vector representing the first key sequence found, rather than a list of all possible key sequences. If @var{firstonly} is @code{t}, then the value is the first key sequence, except that key sequences consisting entirely of @acronym{ASCII} characters (or meta variants of @acronym{ASCII} -characters) are preferred to all other key sequences. +characters) are preferred to all other key sequences and that the +return value can never be a menu binding. If @var{noindirect} is non-@code{nil}, @code{where-is-internal} doesn't follow indirect keymap bindings. This makes it possible to search for @@ -1623,7 +1634,7 @@ @end smallexample @end defun -@deffn Command describe-bindings &optional prefix +@deffn Command describe-bindings &optional prefix buffer-or-name This function creates a listing of all current key bindings, and displays it in a buffer named @samp{*Help*}. The text is grouped by modes---minor modes first, then the major mode, then global bindings. @@ -1643,6 +1654,10 @@ @kbd{~} is @acronym{ASCII} 126, and the characters between them include all the normal printing characters, (e.g., letters, digits, punctuation, etc.@:); all these characters are bound to @code{self-insert-command}. + +If @var{buffer-or-name} is non-@code{nil}, it should be a buffer or a +buffer name. Then @code{describe-bindings} lists that buffer's bindings, +instead of the current buffer's. @end deffn @node Menu Keymaps @@ -1681,8 +1696,9 @@ The easiest way to construct a keymap with a prompt string is to specify the string as an argument when you call @code{make-keymap}, -@code{make-sparse-keymap} or @code{define-prefix-command} -(@pxref{Creating Keymaps}). +@code{make-sparse-keymap} (@pxref{Creating Keymaps}), or +@code{define-prefix-command} (@pxref{Definition of define-prefix-command}). + @defun keymap-prompt keymap This function returns the overall prompt string of @var{keymap}, @@ -2107,6 +2123,12 @@ when the user selects from the menu, and they appear in the output of @code{where-is} and @code{apropos}. + The menu in this example is intended for use with the mouse. If a +menu is intended for use with the keyboard, that is, if it is bound to +a key sequence ending with a keyboard event, then the menu items +should be bound to characters or ``real'' function keys, that can be +typed with the keyboard. + The binding whose definition is @code{("--")} is a separator line. Like a real menu item, the separator has a key symbol, in this case @code{separator-ps-print}. If one menu has two separators, they must @@ -2389,7 +2411,7 @@ This function is used for making non-global tool bar items. Use it like @code{tool-bar-add-item-from-menu} except that @var{in-map} specifies the local map to make the definition in. The argument -@var{from-map} si like the @var{map} argument of +@var{from-map} is like the @var{map} argument of @code{tool-bar-add-item-from-menu}. @end defun