From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 20528@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#20528: 25.0.50; `keymap' property to work for symbol-value, not just symbol-function
Date: Fri, 08 May 2015 17:33:19 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <878uczt77k.fsf@igel.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2b90d00b-d8b9-463e-a6e1-e60f0f391a3e@default> (Drew Adams's message of "Fri, 8 May 2015 08:25:58 -0700 (PDT)")
Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
>> > Please allow it to also be a symbol, such as `Info-mode-map',
>> > whose `symbol-value' is a keymap. It is used only as a keymap.
>> > It is not used as a function. It is convenient to be able to
>> > reuse an existing keymap variable to provide a map for a given
>> > portion of text.
>>
>> Why can't you dereference the variable when assigning the property?
>
> Why can't you dereference the function symbol when assigning the
> property? ;-)
That's how lisp works, fundamentally.
Andreas.
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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-05-07 20:14 bug#20528: 25.0.50; `keymap' property to work for symbol-value, not just symbol-function Drew Adams
2015-05-08 6:38 ` Andreas Schwab
2015-05-08 15:25 ` Drew Adams
2015-05-08 15:33 ` Andreas Schwab [this message]
2015-05-08 17:51 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-09-04 7:22 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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