Glynn Clements <glynn(a)sensei.co.uk&gt; writes: Probably to do handle things like C-x r C-h. However I find its use in the minibuffer map very ugly. There is no reason read-from-minibuffer couldn't use a localkeymap with a binding for C-h. Like this: (N.B. This could probably be used more generally) Index: minibuf.el =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/CVSroot/XEmacs/xemacs-20/lisp/minibuf.el,v retrieving revision 1.15 diff -u -u -r1.15 minibuf.el --- minibuf.el 1998/07/28 06:25:06 1.15 +++ minibuf.el 1998/09/27 00:25:13 ＠＠ -162,6 +162,7 ＠＠ (define-key minibuffer-local-map '[prior] "\M-p") (define-key minibuffer-local-map "\M-r" 'previous-matching-history-element) (define-key minibuffer-local-map "\M-s" 'next-matching-history-element) +(define-key minibuffer-local-map '[(control h)] 'minibuffer-print-help) (define-key minibuffer-local-must-match-map [next] 'next-complete-history-element) (define-key minibuffer-local-must-match-map [prior] ＠＠ -243,6 +244,13 ＠＠ (delete-region (point-min) (point))) (insert ?~)) +(defun minibuffer-print-help () + (interactive) + (let ((string (eval minibuffer-help-form))) + (if string + (with-displaying-help-buffer + (insert string))))) + (defvar read-file-name-map (let ((map (make-sparse-keymap 'read-file-name-map))) (set-keymap-parents map (list minibuffer-local-completion-map)) ＠＠ -452,7 +460,7 ＠＠ (and minibuffer-smart-completion-tracking-behavior (current-buffer))) (current-prefix-arg current-prefix-arg) - (help-form minibuffer-help-form) +;; (help-form minibuffer-help-form) (minibuffer-history-variable (cond ((not _history_) 'minibuffer-history) ((consp _history_)