From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: `special' keys in keyboard macros Date: 15 Oct 2003 23:27:41 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <16257.16532.727889.658851@tfkp07.physik.uni-erlangen.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1066253423 26871 80.91.224.253 (15 Oct 2003 21:30:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 21:30:23 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Roland.Winkler@physik.uni-erlangen.de, Stefan Monnier , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 15 23:30:20 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1A9tDo-0001DF-00 for ; Wed, 15 Oct 2003 23:30:20 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1A9tDo-0002by-00 for ; Wed, 15 Oct 2003 23:30:20 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1A9tCQ-0001u4-4K for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Wed, 15 Oct 2003 17:28:54 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1A9tC1-0001qA-AL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Oct 2003 17:28:29 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1A9tBV-0001Z0-Jk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Oct 2003 17:28:28 -0400 Original-Received: from [193.162.153.3] (helo=pfepb.post.tele.dk) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1A9tBV-0001Yl-1U; Wed, 15 Oct 2003 17:27:57 -0400 Original-Received: from kfs-l.imdomain.dk.cua.dk (0x503e2644.bynxx3.adsl-dhcp.tele.dk [80.62.38.68]) by pfepb.post.tele.dk (Postfix) with SMTP id EF0805EE0A3; Wed, 15 Oct 2003 23:27:53 +0200 (CEST) Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 14 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:17128 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:17128 Richard Stallman writes: > Another possibility is to record commands names instead of keys. > > That is possible, but I tend to think it is the wrong approach. I agree. For example, it is not sufficient to record just commands names for commands like self-insert-command and digit-argument which make no sense "out of context". -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk