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

Ihor Radchenko <[email protected]> Sun, 02 Aug 2026 14:56:49 +0000
Newsgroups gmane.emacs.devel
Message-ID <87cxw07eqy.fsf@localhost>
Stefan Monnier <[email protected]> writes:

>> Do I understand correctly that this will make it impossible for the
>> dynamic bindings to return a keymap?
>
> I wouldn't say "impossible", but yes we wouldn't want to use it for
> dynamic bindings that return keymaps because it would re-introduce many
> of the problems we're trying to address.
>
> IOW, I think it can be a good solution to multiplex several command
> bindings on a single key, but not to multiplex several keymaps on
> a single prefix.

In principle, I do not have strong objections.
Even with just binding collection, it will be an improvement.

If you prefer your OClosure idea, I would be interested to see some
examples how you envision it being used.

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