Re: speedbar: how can I open a file with the keyboard ?

[Stephen Berman]

On 19 Dec 2007 10:13:10 GMT Markus Grunwald <markus.grunwald@gmx.de> wrote:

> When I start speedbar, this is what I get in the *messages*:
>
> Loading speedbar...done
> Loading view...done
> Type C-h for help, h for commands, q to quit.
> ==================== speedbar-mode-hook start ====================
> ==================== speedbar-mode-hook end ====================
> ==================== speedbar-reconfigure-keymaps-hook start 
> ====================
> ==================== speedbar-reconfigure-keymaps-hook end 
> ====================
> ==================== speedbar-reconfigure-keymaps-hook start 
> ====================
> ==================== speedbar-reconfigure-keymaps-hook end 
> ====================
>
>
> So the hooks are called. What's with my keys ? I call C-h c g and C-h c
> space from the speedbar buffer:
>
> g runs the command View-goto-line
> SPC runs the command View-scroll-page-forward
>
> ARGH. I have no Idea, why speedbar behaves so differently compared to all
> the other modes I have customized...

The messages show the view library being loaded after speedbar, perhaps
something there is overriding your key bindings.  Does this happen with
emacs -q --no-site-file ?  If not, then something in your or your site's
initializations is responsible.  In any case, I second Nick Roberts'
advice to update to Emacs 22.1 and use its speedbar, which should solve
this issue if it is not due to your initializations.

Steve Berman