Ihor Radchenko <yanta...@gmail.com> writes:
> Also, it appears to me that we may keep losing terminal-incompatible > keys in future unless we provide some mechanisms to check terminal > compatibility automatically. Any ideas? > No ideas on this. Problem being I don't think there is anything like a terminfo service which will tell you about what capabilities/bindings a terminal emulator has. Just some thoughts on this - I fear any such attempt is likely to end up in a game of 'wack-a-mole'. While it makes some sense to provide alternative key bindings for Emacs running under the GNU Linux console, especially given the limitations under the console are well defined and constant, I'm not sure we can provide reliable solutions or tests for different terminal emulators (which will often 'reserve' various key bindings for their own use. This is especially true for more advanced terminal emulators like tmux. An alternative which might be worth considering would be to improve documentation on using different popular terminal emulators, like tmux which could cover both adapting org key bindings and adapting the key bindings the emulator uses (a very quick google on this indicates you can change the tmux bindings, but that detail is apparently not well documented). Such documentation could include some guidelines on how to identify the issue, identify at what layer (window manager, terminal emulator, communication protocol etc) the problematic binding is being intercepted etc. The interactions at this layer can be complex and confusing, especially for users who don't have a clear model of how all the layers interact. A more long term strategy which I wonder if we should consider is whether org would benefit from adopting the use of something like the hydra package. Org needs a lot of key bindings - many more than most other modes. Available bindings are in short supply. Perhaps leveraging off something like hydras would both offer more flexibility and make it easier to manage. Likewise, could transient mode help in this area?
