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: C-x a C-x C-h Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:55:11 +0200 Message-ID: References: <7b501d5c0908261431x5de2fb0sa4946779dd37658e@mail.gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1251327338 19943 80.91.229.12 (26 Aug 2009 22:55:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:55:38 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs-Devel devel To: Deniz Dogan Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Aug 27 00:55:31 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MgROs-0007tG-Jh for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:55:30 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34830 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MgROr-0003fv-8d for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:55:29 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MgROk-0003ax-CI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:55:22 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MgROe-0003Qs-Pg for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:55:20 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=54279 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MgROe-0003QV-Hn for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:55:16 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.9]:44979) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MgROe-00063T-4J for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:55:16 -0400 Original-Received: from mail01.m-online.net (mail.m-online.net [192.168.3.149]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 739161C15417; Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:55:14 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (dynscan2.mnet-online.de [192.168.1.215]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6AE13902F6; Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:55:14 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mnet-online.de Original-Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.3.149]) by localhost (dynscan2.mnet-online.de [192.168.1.215]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id h0+P3Qc0SqKz; Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:55:13 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from igel.home (DSL01.83.171.156.35.ip-pool.NEFkom.net [83.171.156.35]) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTP; Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:55:13 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by igel.home (Postfix, from userid 501) id 8DD0810D9B7; Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:55:12 +0200 (CEST) X-Yow: If our behavior is strict, we do not need fun! In-Reply-To: <7b501d5c0908261431x5de2fb0sa4946779dd37658e@mail.gmail.com> (Deniz Dogan's message of "Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:31:12 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:114647 Archived-At: Deniz Dogan writes: > When I hit `C-x a C-x' in the latest Emacs, it awaits further input, > as if it was a prefix key sequence. However, `C-x a C-x C-h' reveals > that there are no commands bound to anything beginning with that > prefix. Why? Probably because C-x is a prefix key in key-translation-map. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."