When I query the current value of the keymap, eg with M-: (current-local-map), it shows me something along these lines:
Value:
(keymap
(S-mouse-2 . muse-follow-name-at-mouse-other-window)
(mouse-2 . muse-follow-name-at-mouse)
(33554445 . muse-follow-name-at-point-other-window)
(S-return . muse-follow-name-at-point-other-window)
(13 . muse-follow-name-at-point)
(return . muse-follow-name-at-point)
keymap
(67108924 . muse-decrease-list-item-indentation)
(67108926 . muse-increase-list-item-indentation)
(M-return . muse-insert-list-item)
(33554441 . muse-previous-reference)
(S-iso-lefttab . muse-previous-reference)
(S-tab . muse-previous-reference)
(S-mouse-2 . muse-follow-name-at-mouse-other-window)
(mouse-2 . muse-follow-name-at-mouse)
(33554445 . muse-follow-name-at-point-other-window)
(9 . muse-next-reference)
(tab . muse-next-reference)
(3 keymap
(19 . muse-search)
(2 . muse-find-backlinks)
(tab . muse-insert-thing)
(9 . muse-insert-thing)
(16 . muse-project-publish)
(6 . muse-project-find-file)
(61 . muse-what-changed)
(22 . muse-browse-result)
(27 keymap
(20 . muse-publish-this-file))
(33554452 . muse-publish-this-file)
(20 . muse-project-publish-this-file)
(12 . font-lock-mode)
(5 . muse-edit-link-at-point)
(1 . muse-index))
keymap
(27 keymap
(9 . ispell-complete-word)))
I want instead of numbers see something more meaningful like (control ?c) return for example. How do I do that ?
This is what you need: library help-fns+.el.
That gives you, as C-h M-k, command describe-keymap, which gives you a human-readable description of any keymap bound to a variable. E.g.:
C-h M-k dired-mode-map
dired-mode-map
--------------
For more information check the manuals.
Local keymap for `dired-mode' buffers.
key binding
--- -------
e .. f dired-find-file
RET dired-find-file
C-o dired-display-file
C-t Prefix Command
ESC Prefix Command
SPC dired-next-line
! dired-do-shell-command
# dired-flag-auto-save-files
$ dired-hide-subdir
% Prefix Command
& dired-do-async-shell-command
* Prefix Command
+ dired-create-directory
- negative-argument
. dired-clean-directory
0 .. 9 digit-argument
: Prefix Command
dired-next-dirline
? dired-summary
A dired-do-search
B dired-do-byte-compile
C dired-do-copy
D dired-do-delete
G dired-do-chgrp
H dired-do-hardlink
L dired-do-load
M dired-do-chmod
O dired-do-chown
P dired-do-print
Q dired-do-query-replace-regexp
R dired-do-rename
S dired-do-symlink
T dired-do-touch
U dired-unmark-all-marks
X dired-do-shell-command
Z dired-do-compress
^ dired-up-directory
a dired-find-alternate-file
d dired-flag-file-deletion
g revert-buffer
h describe-mode
i dired-maybe-insert-subdir
j dired-goto-file
k dired-do-kill-lines
l dired-do-redisplay
m dired-mark
n dired-next-line
o dired-find-file-other-window
p dired-previous-line
q quit-window
s dired-sort-toggle-or-edit
t dired-toggle-marks
u dired-unmark
v dired-view-file
w dired-copy-filename-as-kill
x dired-do-flagged-delete
y dired-show-file-type
z kill-this-buffer
~ dired-flag-backup-files
DEL dired-unmark-backward
mouse-face
dired-mouse-find-file-other-window
??
C-t C-t image-dired-dired-toggle-marked-thumbs
C-t . image-dired-display-thumb
C-t a image-dired-display-thumbs-append
C-t c image-dired-dired-comment-files
C-t d image-dired-display-thumbs
C-t e image-dired-dired-edit-comment-and-tags
C-t f image-dired-mark-tagged-files
C-t i image-dired-dired-display-image
C-t j image-dired-jump-thumbnail-buffer
C-t r image-dired-delete-tag
C-t t image-dired-tag-files
C-t x image-dired-dired-display-external
C-M-d dired-tree-down
C-M-n dired-next-subdir
C-M-p dired-prev-subdir
C-M-u dired-tree-up
M-$ dired-hide-all
M-= dired-backup-diff
M-s Prefix Command
M-{ dired-prev-marked-file
M-} dired-next-marked-file
M-DEL dired-unmark-all-files
M-s a Prefix Command
M-s f Prefix Command
% & dired-flag-garbage-files
% C dired-do-copy-regexp
% H dired-do-hardlink-regexp
% R dired-do-rename-regexp
% S dired-do-symlink-regexp
% d dired-flag-files-regexp
% g dired-mark-files-containing-regexp
% l dired-downcase
% m dired-mark-files-regexp
% r dired-do-rename-regexp
% u dired-upcase
* C-n dired-next-marked-file
* C-p dired-prev-marked-file
* ! dired-unmark-all-marks
* % dired-mark-files-regexp
* * dired-mark-executables
* / dired-mark-directories
* ? dired-unmark-all-files
* @ dired-mark-symlinks
* c dired-change-marks
* m dired-mark
* s dired-mark-subdir-files
* t dired-toggle-marks
* u dired-unmark
* DEL dired-unmark-backward
: d epa-dired-do-decrypt
: e epa-dired-do-encrypt
: s epa-dired-do-sign
: v epa-dired-do-verify
dired-undo
dired-next-line
dired-previous-line
dired-toggle-read-only
dired-undo
M-s f C-s dired-isearch-filenames
M-s f ESC Prefix Command
M-s a C-s dired-do-isearch
M-s a ESC Prefix Command
M-s f C-M-s dired-isearch-filenames-regexp
M-s a C-M-s dired-do-isearch-regexp