[Emacspeak] Re: Switching the C-e prefix key to another binding

[Patrick Smyth <patricksmyth@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Dr. Raman,

I did see that command in the second edition of the manual, which 
seems to be one that comes up frequently on Google, and also noted 
that it's not loaded in any more. Glad to know that I wasn't just 
misreading the manual or something.

I'll use my current version (switching the prefix variable and 
then rebinding the keymap) until I run into issues, unless you 
think it's likely that that approach won't work. If I run into 
trouble or you think the nuked function will be more robust, I'll 
do some archaeology and dig it up.

Hope you're all having a good day.


Best,
Patrick


"T.V Raman via Emacspeak" <emacspeak(a)emacspeak.org> writes:

> Command  emacspeak-keymap-choose-new-emacspeak-prefix
> was part of Emacspeak starting from the mid-90's until about 
> 2020 --
> when I nuked it because I hadn't used it in over 20 years.
>
> You can find it in git --- use Magit to advantage and search for 
> that
> function with git log. Or grab emacspeak-52 and find it in
> emacspeak-keymap.el.
>
>
> You can read about the command and how it worked here:
>
> https://www.cs.cornell.edu/info/people/raman/emacspeak/info/emacspeak.html
>
> 29e0ce0d0f0170e96170485b34c624991aef6873
> Author:     T.V Raman <tv.raman.tv(a)gmail.com>
> AuthorDate: Wed Oct 7 17:15:16 2020 -0700
> Commit:     T.V Raman <tv.raman.tv(a)gmail.com>
> CommitDate: Wed Oct 7 17:15:16 2020 -0700
>
> Parent:     2ec72e886 persisting keybinds to org is a wizard
> Contained:  master
> Follows:    autoload-require-refactor-complete (333)
> Precedes:   53.0 (361)
>
> nuke interactive switching of emacspeak prefix
>
> 1 file changed, 21 deletions(-)
> lisp/emacspeak-keymap.el | 21 ---------------------
>
> modified   lisp/emacspeak-keymap.el
> @@ -468,28 +468,7 @@
>  (global-set-key '[silence] 'emacspeak-silence)
>  
>  ;;}}}
> -;;{{{ Interactively switching the emacspeak-prefix
>  
> -;;;###autoload
> -(defun emacspeak-keymap-choose-new-emacspeak-prefix 
> (prefix-key)
> -  "Interactively select a new prefix key to use for all 
> emacspeak
> -commands.  The default is to use `C-e'  This command
> -lets you switch the prefix to something else.  This is a useful 
> thing
> -to do if you run emacspeak on a remote machine from inside a 
> terminal
> -that is running inside a local emacspeak session.  You can have 
> the
> -remote emacspeak use a different control key to give your 
> fingers some
> -relief. Note: I've not used this in over 20 years."
> -  (interactive (list (read-key-sequence "Emacspeak Prefix: ")))
> -  (cl-declare (special emacspeak-prefix))
> -  (let ((current-use (lookup-key  global-map prefix-key)))
> -    (global-set-key prefix-key 'emacspeak-prefix-command)
> -    (unless (eq  current-use 'emacspeak-prefix-command)
> -      (global-set-key (concat prefix-key prefix-key) 
> current-use)
> -      (message "Use %s %s to execute %s since %s is now the 
> emacspeak prefix"
> -               prefix-key prefix-key current-use
> -               prefix-key))))
> -
> -;;}}}
>  ;;{{{ Create a personal keymap for c-e x
>  
>  ;;; Adding keys using custom:
>
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