From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: key-binding values Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2005 00:14:03 +0200 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1126045566 15396 80.91.229.2 (6 Sep 2005 22:26:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 22:26:06 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs-Devel Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 07 00:25:57 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EClrB-0000Pd-9I for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 07 Sep 2005 00:23:57 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EClvg-0000xR-Fy for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 06 Sep 2005 18:28:36 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EClv1-0000pT-6x for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Sep 2005 18:27:55 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EClun-0000iM-Oj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Sep 2005 18:27:49 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EClul-0000fj-30 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Sep 2005 18:27:39 -0400 Original-Received: from [195.135.220.2] (helo=mx1.suse.de) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA:24) (Exim 4.34) id 1EClli-00021L-43 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Sep 2005 18:18:18 -0400 Original-Received: from Relay1.suse.de (mail2.suse.de [195.135.221.8]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 253A0E250; Wed, 7 Sep 2005 00:14:04 +0200 (CEST) Original-To: "Drew Adams" X-Yow: Join the PLUMBER'S UNION!! In-Reply-To: (Drew Adams's message of "Tue, 6 Sep 2005 10:15:03 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110003 (No Gnus v0.3) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:42675 Archived-At: "Drew Adams" writes: > > Also, correct me if I'm wrong, but my understanding is that > the form [?\C- ] > > is generally preferred over the form "\C- ", for a key binding. > > These two key sequences represent quite different bindings. > You can't get > one override the other, it depends on the terminal which key you re= ceive > on typing C-space. > > Whenever either is acceptable, is one of the two preferred in Emacs-Lis= p > code, for binding keys? My understanding was that the vector form was > preferred. IMHO there is no real preference. The string notation can only represent a limited set of keys, but is easier to read when it works. Andreas. --=20 Andreas Schwab, SuSE Labs, schwab@suse.de SuSE Linux Products GmbH, Maxfeldstra=DFe 5, 90409 N=FCrnberg, Germany Key fingerprint =3D 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."