Re: Include which-key.el in the Emacs distribution

[Ergus]

I can't support this more effusively!!

+10 from my side.

What I don't understand is why the version in elpa is very old (and says
obsolete) compared to the one in melpa.


On Tue, Sep 08, 2020 at 01:54:45PM +0000, Stefan Kangas wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> `which-key' is a package that unobtrusively shows you the available
> keybindings at the bottom of the screen upon typing a prefix command
> (after a configurable delay).  It is an excellent alternative and
> complement to the default help.  See the screenshot here:
>
>    
> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/justbur/emacs-which-key/master/img/which-key-bottom.png
>
> `which-key' is in GNU ELPA, and was upgraded yesterday:
>
>    https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/which-key.html
>
> I propose to include `which-key' in the default Emacs distribution.
> I expect that it will be extremely useful for beginning users, but it also
> helps advanced users to quickly look up and discover keybindings.  In my
> experience, that is true even in modes you already know deeply.
>
> I've proposed this before, and have not seen any objections so far.
> So I'd like to ask here again, to see if people have any concerns or
> pointers for how to go about it in practice.
>
> Any comments?
>
> Best regards,
> Stefan Kangas
>
> PS. I personally think it should be enabled by default, but we would
>    probably do better to first include it as an option for people to
>    get more experience with it.