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From: xah lee <xah@xahlee.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: bug#1111: describe-key's key notation display inconsistency
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2008 08:12:48 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <06D80DE1-FCD6-45BB-B2D9-A968F797971C@xahlee.org> (raw)


When doing a describe-key on C-<backspace>, emacs prints <C- 
backspace> instead. Similar for any other special key whose macro  
notation are bracketed by angle brackets. e.g. <down>, <F6>,  
<return>, <kp-1>, etc. Where, emacs puts the entire thing inside  
angle brackets instead of the more traditional of modifier followed  
by dash followed by key name.

Although these are identical as far as kbd function is concerned, but  
wouldn't it be more intuitively consistent by using C-<key> instead  
of <C-key>?

Thanks.

   Xah
∑ http://xahlee.org/

☄








             reply	other threads:[~2008-10-07 15:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-10-07 15:12 xah lee [this message]
2019-08-08 12:35 ` bug#1111: describe-key's key notation display inconsistency Stefan Kangas
2019-08-08 15:47   ` Drew Adams
2019-08-08 16:03     ` Noam Postavsky
2019-08-08 17:25       ` Drew Adams
2019-08-08 18:06         ` Noam Postavsky
2019-08-08 22:15           ` Drew Adams
2019-08-08 23:05             ` Noam Postavsky
2019-08-09  0:14               ` Drew Adams
2019-08-09  6:38                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-24 22:00 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-24 22:49   ` bug#1111: [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-09-26  5:07   ` Xah Lee

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