Re: Is there any handy way to view a custom key map?

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2022 18:02:19 +0300
> From: Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>
> 
> I have plethora of various screens displaying lists of items from the
> database. Different database tables have different key maps.
> 
> Example:
> 
> (defvar rcd-db-mode-map 
>   (let ((map (make-sparse-keymap)))
>     (set-keymap-parent map tabulated-list-mode-map)
>     (define-key map (kbd "/") #'rcd-tabulated-filter)
>     (define-key map (kbd "G") #'goto-line)
>     (define-key map (kbd "Q") 'rcd-db-kill-database-buffers)
>     (define-key map (kbd "U") 'rcd-tabulated-remove-marks)
>     (define-key map (kbd "V") #'rcd-tabulated-id-to-register)
>     (define-key map (kbd "\\") #'rcd-tabulated-filter-reset)
>     (define-key map (kbd "d") #'rcd-db-delete-tab-database-entry)
>     (define-key map (kbd "e") #'rcd-db-edit-tab-database-entry)
>     (define-key map (kbd "g") #'rcd-tabulated-refresh)
>     (define-key map (kbd "j") #'next-line)
>     (define-key map (kbd "k") #'previous-line)
>     (define-key map (kbd "m") #'rcd-tabulated-mark-id)
>     (define-key map (kbd "u") #'rcd-tabulated-unmark-id)
>     (define-key map (kbd "z") #'rcd-tabulated-refresh)
>     map)
>   "The basic RCD database keymap")
> 
> Similarly to command C-h m I would like to display those key bindings,
> though separate from C-h m screen. 
> 
> Something like this below would be fine:
> 
> Key             Binding
> 
> Q               rcd-db-kill-database-buffers
> U               rcd-tabulated-remove-marks
> V               rcd-tabulated-id-to-register
> d               rcd-db-delete-tab-database-entry
> 
> I would even prefer that key bindings have their description, so that
> instead of the name of function under "Binding" there appears human
> readable text something like "Remove Marks" instead of
> "rcd-tabulated-remove-marks".
> 
> Does such function or opportunity exists anywhere?

Is "C-h b" what you are looking for?