Re: Key bindings for info in other window or frame

[Matthias Meulien]

Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:

> (...) But what I'm looking for is a C-x 4 command and a C-x 5 
> command which work like prefix keys changing the subsequent 
> command to use a new window/frame (presumably using 
> display-buffer-overriding-action).

Here is my 2c. It works as expected with the key bindings `C-x 5 
C-h i', `C-x 5 C-x C-b' or `C-x 5 M-x compose-mail' but not with 
`C-x 5 C-x d' or `C-x 5 M-x gnus'... So I am not sure, I am doing 
it the right way...  Please feel free to comment.

(defun other-frame-visitor (_arg) 
 (interactive "p") (let* ((key-seq (read-key-sequence "Other 
 frame: ")) 
	 (display-buffer-alist (cons '(".*" 
	  (display-buffer-pop-up-frame)) display-buffer-alist)) 
	  (cmd (lookup-key (current-global-map) key-seq))) 
   (call-interactively cmd))) 

(global-set-key "\C-x5" 'other-frame-visitor) 

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Matthias