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Re: Generality of defvar
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Christopher Dimech |
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Re: Generality of defvar |
Date: |
Wed, 27 Jul 2022 18:29:49 +0200 |
> Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2022 at 1:47 AM
> From: "Thibaut Verron" <thibaut.verron@gmail.com>
> To: carlmarcos@tutanota.com
> Cc: "Emanuel Berg" <incal@dataswamp.org>, "help-gnu-emacs"
> <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
> Subject: Re: Generality of defvar
>
> Le mer. 27 juil. 2022 à 15:24, <carlmarcos@tutanota.com> a écrit :
>
> >
> > Jul 27, 2022, 13:21 by thibaut.verron@gmail.com:
> >
> > > Le mer. 27 juil. 2022 à 14:52, carlmarcos--- via Users list for the GNU
> > Emacs text editor <> help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> > a écrit :
> > >
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Jul 27, 2022, 12:34 by >> incal@dataswamp.org>> :
> > >>
> > >> > carlmarcos--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> >> (defun enable-error-diagnostics ()
> > >> >> "Enable error diagnostics with backtrace buffer.
> > >> >> One can exit the debugger with the q command."
> > >> >>
> > >> >
> > >> > You can refer to keys in docstrings like this:
> > >> >
> > >> > \\[forward-word]
> > >> >
> > >> > That way, it isn't hardcoded so if later changed/configured
> > >> > it'll still show the right key.
> > >> >
> > >> How can I figure out what key to use in the docstring for exiting the
> > backtrace buffer?
> > >>
> > >
> > > The function bound to 'q' is quit-window. But since this function
> > doesn't have a global binding, you need to tell the docstring to use the
> > appropriate keymap to look the binding up.
> > >
> > > Something like
> > >
> > > "Enable error diagnostics with backtrace buffer.
> > >
> > > \\<backtrace-mode-map> (note: this is the part telling emacs where to
> > look for the key)
> > > One can exit the debugger with the `quit-window' command (bound to
> > \\[quit-window])."
> > >
> > >
> > Although quit-window is bound to q, the command \\[quit-window] just
> > inserts
> > M-x quit-window, rather than q.
> >
>
> Yes, that's precisely because quit-window doesn't have a global binding.
> You need to add \\<backtrace-mode-map> somewhere in the docstring to tell
> emacs to show bindings for the backtrace buffers, rather than global
> bindings.
>
> Best wishes,
> Thibaut
Sounds good advice, but the result could be
Uses keymap ‘backtrace-mode-map’, which is not currently defined.
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