From: Keisuke Nishida <kxn30@po.cwru.edu>
To: guile-emacs@sourceware.cygnus.com
Subject: Re: scheme-describe-symbol
Date: Mon, 01 May 2000 18:16:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3wvldkazj.fsf@kei.cwru.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87n1mbvp6q.fsf@PC486.Niemitalo.LAN>
Kalle Olavi Niemitalo <tosi@ees2.oulu.fi> writes:
> > (foo bar)
> > ^
> > One may want to search for `foo' when one type C-h f and for `bar'
> > when one type C-h v. So I guess we should define one function
> > `scheme-describe-object' and two commands `scheme-describe-function'
> > and `scheme-describe-variable'. How about that?
>
> So the functions would default to different symbols when called
> interactively, and would otherwise be identical? Hmm... I think
> I'd prefer using the prefix argument to choose between them.
Yes, they would. I don't think using the prefix argument is easier to
use here. We use separate commands in Emacs Lisp, and I prefer the same
key bindings as them. (I could customize them, though.)
> Still... currently, C-h f explains Emacs functions and C-h C-i
> explains non-Emacs symbols based on the major mode. I think this
> is a good separation and C-h f should not be used for e.g. C
> functions. If the only Emacs languages are Lisp and Scheme, do
> we need a language selection menu? It would be simpler to have
> `describe-function' on C-h f and `scheme-describe' on C-h d.
> Except that doesn't solve M-:.
Probably you are right. A variable in a language other than Lisp or
Scheme cannot have a value within Emacs, so especially describe-variable
may not be useful for those languages... I would prefer to type C-u M-:
to choose a language (and default is decided by major-mode).
> Would each buffer using the same major mode have its own instance
> of the major-mode class?
Possibly. We need to discuss this later on.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2000-05-01 18:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2000-04-29 1:25 scheme-describe-symbol Kalle Olavi Niemitalo
2000-04-29 2:12 ` scheme-describe-symbol Keisuke Nishida
2000-04-29 11:37 ` scheme-describe-symbol Kalle Olavi Niemitalo
2000-04-29 12:22 ` scheme-describe-symbol Keisuke Nishida
2000-04-30 6:57 ` scheme-describe-symbol Kalle Olavi Niemitalo
2000-05-01 18:16 ` Keisuke Nishida [this message]
2000-04-29 11:37 ` scheme-describe-symbol Kalle Olavi Niemitalo
2000-04-29 12:42 ` scheme-describe-symbol Keisuke Nishida
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