Re: bug#49265: [External] : bug#49265: 28.0.50; repeat mode feature request

[Stefan Monnier]

Juri Linkov [2021-10-25 20:54:03] wrote:
>>>> BTW, I tried using 'substitute-command-keys' to do this, since itʼs
>>>> more elegant, but it gave an unusual result for undo:
>>>>
>>>>     (substitute-command-keys "\\<undo-repeat-map>\\[undo]")
>>>>     =>#("C-x u" 0 5
>>>>       (font-lock-face help-key-binding face help-key-binding))
>>>
>>> That looks like a bug to me.
>>
>> This is due to :advertised-binding.
>
> Maybe 'where-is-internal' should check if the map contains
> the advertised binding, only then return it?

The \\<...> doesn't override all other maps, so the `undo` command is
still found to be bound to `C-x u` in the global map.

But I agree that maybe `where-is-internal` could be told here to give
precedence to bindings found in the \\<...> map.


        Stefan