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changeset 60266:09052e72c240
(Keymaps): Clarify.
(Format of Keymaps): Update lisp-mode-map example.
(Active Keymaps, Key Lookup): Clarify.
(Changing Key Bindings): Add xref to `kbd'.
(Key Binding Commands, Simple Menu Items): Clarify.
(Mouse Menus, Menu Bar): Clarify.
(Menu Example): Replace print example with menu-bar-replace-menu.
author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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date | Sun, 27 Feb 2005 00:00:41 +0000 |
parents | 74accd79beb7 |
children | afb61f4e22bb |
files | lispref/keymaps.texi |
diffstat | 1 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 89 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/lispref/keymaps.texi Sat Feb 26 23:57:40 2005 +0000 +++ b/lispref/keymaps.texi Sun Feb 27 00:00:41 2005 +0000 @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ The bindings between input events and commands are recorded in data structures called @dfn{keymaps}. Each binding in a keymap associates -(or @dfn{binds}) an individual event type either to another keymap or to +(or @dfn{binds}) an individual event type, either to another keymap or to a command. When an event type is bound to a keymap, that keymap is used to look up the next input event; this continues until a command is found. The whole process is called @dfn{key lookup}. @@ -202,24 +202,29 @@ @end group @group (keymap - ;; @key{TAB} - (9 . lisp-indent-line) + (3 keymap + ;; @kbd{C-c C-z} + (26 . run-lisp)) @end group @group + (27 keymap + ;; @r{@kbd{M-C-x}, treated as @kbd{@key{ESC} C-x}} + (24 . lisp-send-defun) + keymap + ;; @r{@kbd{M-C-q}, treated as @kbd{@key{ESC} C-q}} + (17 . indent-sexp))) +@end group +@group + ;; @r{This part is inherited from @code{lisp-mode-shared-map}.} + keymap ;; @key{DEL} (127 . backward-delete-char-untabify) @end group @group - (3 keymap - ;; @kbd{C-c C-l} - (12 . run-lisp)) -@end group -@group (27 keymap ;; @r{@kbd{M-C-q}, treated as @kbd{@key{ESC} C-q}} - (17 . indent-sexp) - ;; @r{@kbd{M-C-x}, treated as @kbd{@key{ESC} C-x}} - (24 . lisp-send-defun))) + (17 . indent-sexp)) + (9 . lisp-indent-line)) @end group @end example @@ -565,8 +570,8 @@ text or overlay property. If that is non-@code{nil}, it is the first keymap to be processed, in normal circumstances. - However, there are also special circumstances, ways programs can -substitute other keymaps for some of those. The variable + However, there are also special ways for program can to substitute +other keymaps for some of those. The variable @code{overriding-local-map}, if non-@code{nil}, specifies a keymap that replaces all the usual active keymaps except the global keymap. Another way to do this is with @code{overriding-terminal-local-map}; @@ -679,8 +684,8 @@ not do. The @sc{cdr} can be either a keymap (a list) or a symbol whose function definition is a keymap. -When more than one minor mode keymap is active, their order of priority -is the order of @code{minor-mode-map-alist}. But you should design +When more than one minor mode keymap is active, the earlier one in +@code{minor-mode-map-alist} takes priority. But you should design minor modes so that they don't interfere with each other. If you do this properly, the order will not matter. @@ -763,8 +768,8 @@ Key lookup uses just the event type of each event in the key sequence; the rest of the event is ignored. In fact, a key sequence used for key -lookup may designate mouse events with just their types (symbols) -instead of with entire mouse events (lists). @xref{Input Events}. Such +lookup may designate a mouse event with just its types (a symbol) +instead of the entire event (a list). @xref{Input Events}. Such a ``key-sequence'' is insufficient for @code{command-execute} to run, but it is sufficient for looking up or rebinding a key. @@ -1113,10 +1118,11 @@ @code{C-H-left}. One advantage of such lists is that the precise numeric codes for the modifier bits don't appear in compiled files. - For the functions below, an error is signaled if @var{keymap} is not a -keymap or if @var{key} is not a string or vector representing a key + For the functions below, an error is signaled if @var{keymap} is not +a keymap or if @var{key} is not a string or vector representing a key sequence. You can use event types (symbols) as shorthand for events -that are lists. +that are lists. The @code{kbd} macro (@pxref{Keymap Terminology}) is +a convenient way to specify the key sequence. @defun define-key keymap key binding This function sets the binding for @var{key} in @var{keymap}. (If @@ -1396,7 +1402,7 @@ @end smallexample @noindent -redefines the first (leftmost) mouse button, typed with the Meta key, to +redefines the first (leftmost) mouse button, entered with the Meta key, to set point where you click. @cindex non-@acronym{ASCII} text in keybindings @@ -1743,7 +1749,7 @@ describe the action of the command it corresponds to. Note that it is not generally possible to display non-@acronym{ASCII} text in menus. It will work for keyboard menus and will work to a large extent when Emacs is -built with Gtk+ support.@footnote{In this case, the text is first +built with the Gtk+ toolkit.@footnote{In this case, the text is first encoded using the @code{utf-8} coding system and then rendered by the toolkit as it sees fit.} @@ -2044,13 +2050,8 @@ special about @samp{@@} at the beginning of an item string is that the @samp{@@} doesn't appear in the menu item. - You can also produce multiple panes or submenus from separate keymaps. -The full definition of a prefix key always comes from merging the -definitions supplied by the various active keymaps (minor mode, local, -and global). When more than one of these keymaps is a menu, each of -them makes a separate pane or panes (when Emacs does not use an -X-toolkit) or a separate submenu (when using an X-toolkit). -@xref{Active Keymaps}. + Multiple keymaps that define the same menu prefix key produce +separate panes or separate submenus. @node Keyboard Menus @subsection Menus and the Keyboard @@ -2094,29 +2095,29 @@ @cindex menu definition example Here is a complete example of defining a menu keymap. It is the -definition of the @samp{Print} submenu in the @samp{Tools} menu in the -menu bar, and it uses the simple menu item format (@pxref{Simple Menu -Items}). First we create the keymap, and give it a name: - -@example -(defvar menu-bar-print-menu (make-sparse-keymap "Print")) -@end example +definition of the @samp{Replace} submenu in the @samp{Edit} menu in +the menu bar, and it uses the extended menu item format +(@pxref{Extended Menu Items}). First we create the keymap, and give +it a name: + +@smallexample +(defvar menu-bar-replace-menu (make-sparse-keymap "Replace")) +@end smallexample @noindent Next we define the menu items: -@example -(define-key menu-bar-print-menu [ps-print-region] - '("Postscript Print Region" . ps-print-region-with-faces)) -(define-key menu-bar-print-menu [ps-print-buffer] - '("Postscript Print Buffer" . ps-print-buffer-with-faces)) -(define-key menu-bar-print-menu [separator-ps-print] - '("--")) -(define-key menu-bar-print-menu [print-region] - '("Print Region" . print-region)) -(define-key menu-bar-print-menu [print-buffer] - '("Print Buffer" . print-buffer)) -@end example +@smallexample +(define-key menu-bar-replace-menu [tags-repl-continue] + '(menu-item "Continue Replace" tags-loop-continue + :help "Continue last tags replace operation")) +(define-key menu-bar-replace-menu [tags-repl] + '(menu-item "Replace in tagged files" tags-query-replace + :help "Interactively replace a regexp in all tagged files")) +(define-key menu-bar-replace-menu [separator-replace-tags] + '(menu-item "--")) +;; @r{@dots{}} +@end smallexample @noindent Note the symbols which the bindings are ``made for''; these appear @@ -2136,58 +2137,29 @@ 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 -have two different key symbols. - - Here is code to define enable conditions for two of the commands in -the menu: - -@example -(put 'print-region 'menu-enable 'mark-active) -(put 'ps-print-region-with-faces 'menu-enable 'mark-active) -@end example +@code{separator-replace-tags}. If one menu has two separators, they +must have two different key symbols. Here is how we make this menu appear as an item in the parent menu: @example -(define-key menu-bar-tools-menu [print] - (cons "Print" menu-bar-print-menu)) +(define-key menu-bar-edit-menu [replace] + (list 'menu-item "Replace" menu-bar-replace-menu)) @end example @noindent Note that this incorporates the submenu keymap, which is the value of -the variable @code{menu-bar-print-menu}, rather than the symbol -@code{menu-bar-print-menu} itself. Using that symbol in the parent menu -item would be meaningless because @code{menu-bar-print-menu} is not a -command. - - If you wanted to attach the same print menu to a mouse click, you +the variable @code{menu-bar-replace-menu}, rather than the symbol +@code{menu-bar-replace-menu} itself. Using that symbol in the parent +menu item would be meaningless because @code{menu-bar-replace-menu} is +not a command. + + If you wanted to attach the same replace menu to a mouse click, you can do it this way: @example (define-key global-map [C-S-down-mouse-1] - menu-bar-print-menu) -@end example - - We could equally well use an extended menu item (@pxref{Extended Menu -Items}) for @code{print-region}, like this: - -@example -(define-key menu-bar-print-menu [print-region] - '(menu-item "Print Region" print-region - :enable mark-active)) -@end example - -@noindent -With the extended menu item, the enable condition is specified -inside the menu item itself. If we wanted to make this -item disappear from the menu entirely when the mark is inactive, -we could do it this way: - -@example -(define-key menu-bar-print-menu [print-region] - '(menu-item "Print Region" print-region - :visible mark-active)) + menu-bar-replace-menu) @end example @node Menu Bar @@ -2197,7 +2169,7 @@ Most window systems allow each frame to have a @dfn{menu bar}---a permanently displayed menu stretching horizontally across the top of the frame. The items of the menu bar are the subcommands of the fake -``function key'' @code{menu-bar}, as defined by all the active keymaps. +``function key'' @code{menu-bar}, as defined in the active keymaps. To add an item to the menu bar, invent a fake ``function key'' of your own (let's call it @var{key}), and make a binding for the key sequence