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From: jjd@BBN.COM (James J Dempsey)
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Subject: user level keymap manipulation (was "Re: bfox@ai.mit.edu")
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Date: 4 Aug 89 19:17:45 GMT
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Brian Fox writes:
>> Whoops.  No, there are no user-level generic keymap manipulation
>> commands.  This is an interesting situation, and I haven't yet decided
>> what to do about it.

In addition to user-level keymap manipulation commands I would also
like to see a builtin which can list the current keymap, similar to
the GNU Emacs C-h B command.  This can be a great help especially to
novice users.  It gives them a way to find out about commands they
don't know about and to find out where others they do know about are
located.

>>    also, what is the extent of the keymaps and bindings? Can one bind a key
>>    to a bash function?
>> 
>> No, although this wouldn't be to difficult to implement.  Votes please.

I would vote for both user level keymap manipulation commands and for
binding bash functions to keystrokes.  I have already had users ask me
for both.

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