Re: Key binding help on <prefix> BS
Michael Sperber [Mr. Preprocessor] wrote:
Until fairly recently, I could type a key sequence prefix followed
by
BS to get a *Help* buffer showing all Key bindings starting with the
prefix.
This no longer works in Poitou60.
Using C-h instead of Backspace should still work.
I'm guessing that the change relates to either or both of:
a) removing the 'ascii-character property from the 'backspace and
'delete symbols (so 'backspace may not be a synonym for (control ?h)
in some cases where it was previously).
b) changes to the help mechanism (w.r.t. help-char).
This is BAD.
IMHO, C-h is more logical for this (and should allow e.g. `C-x BS' to
be explicitly bound).
If the change is deemed to be a significant problem, I would suggest
that the help-char mechanism be generalised further, rather than
reintroducing the C-h <=> Backspace equivalence.
Also, if the old behaviour can be obtained by adding
(put 'backspace 'ascii-character ?\010)
to one's ~/.emacs, then this is (IMHO) preferable to embedding the
equivalence in the core elisp.
--
Glynn Clements <glynn(a)sensei.co.uk>