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RE: customizing key definitions with Customize
From: |
Drew Adams |
Subject: |
RE: customizing key definitions with Customize |
Date: |
Fri, 16 May 2008 16:58:56 -0700 |
> > I can see some use value in not always presenting a user, by
> > default, with a complete keymap to customize. That's all. That
> > doesn't mean we couldn't also provide a way for a user
> > to go ahead and customize the whole keymap. I'm thinking of
> > user convenience and possible confusion.
> >
> > Perhaps you are right. I think that the first task is to define the
> > mechanism so it can implement both modes. Then we could
> > decide which of the two modes should be the default.
>
> The problem with customizing the whole keymap is that it should shake
> the modifications out and store just the difference against
> the default map. Otherwise, any modifications of the defaults by the
> package authors will not picked up.
I agree with what each of you has said here.
> Also we use the keymaps to store toolbar and menubar data, and we do
> that in a precomputed manner. That's not something we want
> to throw at the user by default.
I'm not sure I understand completely what you mean, but I think I agree with
that also. I do think, though, that it will be good, in general, to be _able_ to
let users customize menu bindings for at least some keymaps.
- Re: customizing key definitions with Customize, (continued)
- Re: customizing key definitions with Customize, Lennart Borgman (gmail), 2008/05/12
- Re: customizing key definitions with Customize, Richard M Stallman, 2008/05/13
- Re: customizing key definitions with Customize, Juri Linkov, 2008/05/13
- Re: customizing key definitions with Customize, Stefan Monnier, 2008/05/13
- Re: customizing key definitions with Customize, Richard M Stallman, 2008/05/14
- RE: customizing key definitions with Customize, Drew Adams, 2008/05/15
- Re: customizing key definitions with Customize, Richard M Stallman, 2008/05/15
- RE: customizing key definitions with Customize, Drew Adams, 2008/05/16
- Re: customizing key definitions with Customize, Richard M Stallman, 2008/05/16
- Re: customizing key definitions with Customize, David Kastrup, 2008/05/16
- RE: customizing key definitions with Customize,
Drew Adams <=
- Re: customizing key definitions with Customize, Richard M Stallman, 2008/05/17
- RE: customizing key definitions with Customize, Drew Adams, 2008/05/16
- RE: customizing key definitions with Customize, Drew Adams, 2008/05/17
- Key/menu bug? (was: customizing key definitions with Customize), David Kastrup, 2008/05/18
- Re: customizing key definitions with Customize, David Reitter, 2008/05/13
- Re: customizing key definitions with Customize, David Kastrup, 2008/05/14
- RE: customizing key definitions with Customize, Drew Adams, 2008/05/14
- Re: customizing key definitions with Customize, Richard M Stallman, 2008/05/13
- RE: customizing key definitions with Customize, Drew Adams, 2008/05/14
- Re: customizing key definitions with Customize, Richard M Stallman, 2008/05/14