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bug#68236: [PATCH] help.el: allow help-quick to use local commands/quick
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#68236: [PATCH] help.el: allow help-quick to use local commands/quick-sections |
Date: |
Thu, 04 Jan 2024 09:39:17 +0200 |
> From: JD Smith <jdtsmith@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2024 22:08:56 -0500
>
> Someone came up with the great idea of using help.el’s `help-quick' command
> for a personal “scratch pad” of useful/hard-to-remember bindings, and then to
> bind `help-quick-sections' locally in various modes. Unfortunately,
> `help-quick' first sets the buffer to *Quick Help* and then builds its list
> of command bindings and descriptions. This means that only the default value
> of `help-quick-sections’ will ever be consulted, and no local key bindings
> can be expressed.
>
> The fix is simple; build the list of quick help information first in the
> current buffer (from which C-h C-q is called) and then displaying it in the
> *Quick Help* buffer. With this, people can use quick help and its handy
> binding to prompt with their own personal hard-to-remember key
> bindings/command info. What’s cool is that help-quick omits “empty”
> sections, so you could even add a variety of sections, and they will appear
> if and only if bindings are actually available in the buffer where quick help
> is invoked.
Please describe in more detail how would people use this for their
personal "quick help", because I don't think I understand well enough
what you have in mind.
In any case, such a change will need suitable changes for
documentation.
Thanks.
- bug#68236: [PATCH] help.el: allow help-quick to use local commands/quick-sections, JD Smith, 2024/01/03
- bug#68236: [PATCH] help.el: allow help-quick to use local commands/quick-sections,
Eli Zaretskii <=
- bug#68236: [PATCH] help.el: allow help-quick to use local commands/quick-sections, JD Smith, 2024/01/04
- bug#68236: [PATCH] help.el: allow help-quick to use local commands/quick-sections, Eli Zaretskii, 2024/01/04
- bug#68236: [PATCH] help.el: allow help-quick to use local commands/quick-sections, JD Smith, 2024/01/04
- bug#68236: [PATCH] help.el: allow help-quick to use local commands/quick-sections, Eli Zaretskii, 2024/01/05
- bug#68236: [PATCH] help.el: allow help-quick to use local commands/quick-sections, JD Smith, 2024/01/05
- bug#68236: [PATCH] help.el: allow help-quick to use local commands/quick-sections, Stefan Kangas, 2024/01/10
- bug#68236: [PATCH] help.el: allow help-quick to use local commands/quick-sections, Eli Zaretskii, 2024/01/10
- bug#68236: [PATCH] help.el: allow help-quick to use local commands/quick-sections, JD Smith, 2024/01/10
- bug#68236: [PATCH] help.el: allow help-quick to use local commands/quick-sections, Stefan Kangas, 2024/01/10
- bug#68236: [PATCH] help.el: allow help-quick to use local commands/quick-sections, Eli Zaretskii, 2024/01/10