Is there a more convenient way to find out what keys do in org-agenda than looking it up or just pressing them?

Question

Sometimes just pressing keys until one does what I want works, but this feels rather unelegant. Is there an easier way of finding out what keys do what?

Answer 1

When you're in the agenda buffer try C-h m which should give an overview of the current mode, show which commands are available and list their keybindings.

There are a few other ways to access the built in documentation (as found in the manual) that you might want to explore.

Answer 2

1. Use kc-mode or kc-auto-mode, from library Key See (code: keysee.el). (It, in turn, requires library Sortie (sortie.el).

   • kc-mode shows you, on demand, at any time, all of the keys you can use then, along with the commands they are bound to.
   • kc-auto-mode does the same as kc-mode, but it also shows you automatically all of the keys you can use after you use a prefix key (e.g. C-x), along with their commands.

2. Even better: use Icicles key completion. (Key See behavior is a simplified version of this.) In addition to what KC shows you, you can immediately get complete help on any key/command shown - its full doc string is shown in buffer *Help*.