Re: On keybindings and the slow erosion of help's utility

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  > >> - nil → not applicable; try the next function
  > >> - =#'command= → run this command interactively
  > >> - =#'keymap= → return this keymap (Emacs enters it for further lookup)
  > >> - ='keymap-variable= → a symbol whose value is returned as a keymap
  > >
  > > Not completely sure what you mean by the above notation.
  > > Do you mean that the function should return values of the form
  > > `(function CMD)` and `(quote VAR)`?

I ask the same question about the syntaxes cited above.

  > I meant that the return value could be similar to what we already have
  > inside keymaps (as in 23.3 Format of Keymaps section of Elisp manual):
  > a command to run, another keymap, etc.

That section describes Lisp objects, not syntax using `='.
Would you please state your proposal concretely and clearly?
I am not arguing against the proposal -- just asking
for a clear description of it, which we can understand without guesswork.

  > (keymap-dynamic-bind ...
  >   (:when #'org-at-table-p 'org-table-fedit-map))

  > instead of 

  > (keymap-dynamic-bind ...
  >   (lambda () (when (org-at-table-p) org-table-fedit-map)))

keymap-dynamic-bind does not seem to exist.


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