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

Eli Zaretskii <[email protected]> writes:

>> The difference is that the "command" return value can resume the key
>> lookup. If it returns nil, Emacs will continue key lookup in other
>> keymaps. If it returns a keymap, Emacs will continue lookup in the
>> returned keymap. Such things are currently not possible with command
>> binding.
>
> Sorry, I'm not following.  A command can definitely perform look up in
> any keymaps it wants, and do whatever it wants with what it finds
> there, including calling the bindings it finds there.  What are the
> advantages of doing that under Emacs's control instead of under the
> control of a command?

Let's consider a simple case.
We want to bind C-k in foo-mode-map but only on specific lines in file.
When the point is elsewhere, we just want Emacs to call whatever is
bound to C-k as if C-k in foo-mode-map were not bound at all.
How would you do it with a command?

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