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

Eli Zaretskii <[email protected]> writes:

>> > The command would test if point is on one of those specific lines, and
>> > if not, call the binding of C-k in the "next" keymap in effect in the
>> > buffer.
>> 
>> How to determine "next" keymap?
>
> Using the functions described in "(elisp) Functions for Key Look up".
>
> Basically, using the same methods as you intended this new feature to
> use "to call whatever is bound to C-k as if C-k in foo-mode-map were
> not bound at all".  If Emacs can do that, so can a Lisp program, or
> what am I missing?

I still fail to see how to do it. Consider that the command in question
may be in foo-mode-map, but may also be in another keymap (e.g. bound by
user).

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