Re: Parent of a derived mode's keymap.

[Stefan Monnier]

> Currently, the parent of a derived mode's keymap is set by the mode
> function.  This means that if the docstring of a derived mode shows
> the keybindings of its keymap, the bindings of the parent keymap are
> not shown until the mode function is first called.  Why not set the
> parent keymap at top-level, right after the defvar of the keymap
> variable?

- it may not yet be loaded (that's a pretty common occurrence).
- the parent mode may not use the standard <foo>-mode-map name for
  its keymap.
- IIRC there was one more reason, but I can't think of it right now.


        Stefan