Re: CEDET discoverability

[Eric M. Ludlam]

On 07/14/2010 02:48 PM, David Kastrup wrote:
> So the only actually_existing_  keybindings we find in the
> Analyzer/Smart Jump subnode tells us about keybindings that don't
> actually use the analyzer.
>
> > >  Do you have something specific in mind about what is missing?
> There is so much in there that does not seem applicable without
> reverting to Elisp programming that the few things that would likely
> _be_  relevant are hard to find among the rest.
>
> The manual needs to funnel out everything that is not at user interface
> level.

David's point is much like what I had mentioned in the past.  CEDET is a 
big collection of little tools and commands.  As a 3rd party package, 
many items are just provided to be bound on the keyboard where the user 
might want them.  Others are specified as minor modes which need to be 
turned on, and are on C-c <punctuation> or may not have keybindings.  ie 
- they just display decorations or operate on a timer.

I think it would behoove the Emacs community to think about the kinds of 
features you (or users) want, and where they go from an Emacs UI 
perspective.  The emacs integration support of CEDET can then choose to 
bind these items to different keys.  Should some of the items go into 
the global-keymap as base supported tools?  Do others stay in minor-mode 
maps on C-c <punctuation?>

For example, in CEDET/CVS there is cedet-m3.el which binds mouse-3 to 
create a context-sensitive menu of options out of the CEDET suite that 
would be appropriate to use at that specific location clicked.  What key 
could it also be bound to?

Of the items listed in the manual that you didn't feel like binding to 
keys, where should they be bound to to provide the desired UI?

Eric