Re: binding create {z 'x'} {status execute}

[Bernard D. <bde...@or...>]

Hi Joachim,

I suppose the easiest solution would be to delete the TeX binding in the TeXPrefs.tcl file which is sourced _after_ the mode is loaded. So put the following two instructions in TeXPrefs.tcl:

binding delete -tag TeX {z 'x'}
binding create {z 'x'} {status execute}


By the way, you know of course that 'status execute’ is already bound to escape + X ?

Cheers,
Bernard


> Le 4 déc. 2019 à 09:40, Joachim Kock <ko...@ma...> a écrit :
> 
> Hi Bernard,
> 
> I have a small annoyance: I want to have
> 
> binding create {z 'x'} {status execute}
> 
> globally, but in TeX mode it constantly
> gets overridden by some \index{} insertion.
> 
> What is the proper way of *permanently*
> deleting a binding and make sure it *never*
> comes back?
> 
> I have tried to write in my prefs file
> 
> latex.tcl
> binding delete {z 'x'}
> binding delete -tag TeX {z 'x'}
> binding create {z 'x'} {status execute}
> 
> but I can't control at what moment the
> binding is redefined, so it comes back :-(
> 
> (I suspect that a menu is redefining this.)
> 
> The problem was much worse 15 years ago :-)
> when it was discussed a lot on this list.
> At that time it was proposed to stipulate
> that menu items should link to procs, and key
> bindings should link to procs, but that there
> should be no direct link between menus and
> key bindings, other than the menu advertising
> an equivalent key binding if it exists.
> But it seems difficult to follow in practice.
> 
> Would it make sense to have a priority
> system for bindings, for example with a
> -force flag? Then users could write their
> super-important bindings with this flag,
> whereas all of AlphaTcl's binding declarations
> should be made without it. The rule should
> be that without the flag, one binding cannot
> erase another -- it should just fail silently.
> (Or maybe the default should be to override,
> and then the flag should be -ifnotalreadyinuse.)
> 
> Currently AlphaTcl creates literally hundreds
> of default bindings, and the user might only
> ever use a few of them. But those hundreds
> of bindings may get in the way of a few bindings
> the user defines himself and really cares about.
> 
> Maybe it is an over-reaction to think about
> new design. At the moment I will be happy if
> I just manage to turn bindings off permanently.
> 
> Thanks,
> Joachim.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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