From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: Magnar Sveen <magnars@gmail.com>, 13599@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#13599: 24.2; (max-char) is too low (and hard to change)
Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2013 09:27:10 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvd2wkqfg2.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83ehh0cwga.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Fri, 01 Feb 2013 09:41:41 +0200")
>> (define-key key-translation-map (kbd "s-8") (kbd "["))
>> It works in most cases. But unfortunately read-char does not care about
>> this translation, leaving lots of functions broken.
> Why do you care about read-char?
Because he wants to be able to type [ (which isn't on his keyboard so
he wants to use s-8 for that) even in response to a read-char.
> What functions are broken after the above?
None are broken, but some don't pay attention to key-translation-map
(e.g. all those that use read-char).
> And why do you use key-translation-map and not global-map (or
> global-set-key)?
Probably so that he can use bindings such as C-x [
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-02-01 14:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-01-31 18:42 bug#13599: 24.2; (max-char) is too low (and hard to change) Magnar Sveen
2013-01-31 19:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-01-31 19:44 ` Magnar Sveen
2013-01-31 20:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-02-01 6:13 ` Magnar Sveen
2013-02-01 7:41 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-02-01 8:10 ` Magnar Sveen
2013-02-01 14:27 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2013-02-01 14:24 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-02-01 17:38 ` Magnar Sveen
2013-01-31 21:22 ` Josh
2013-02-01 7:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
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