From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Proper way to add bindings under C-x 8
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2021 09:45:28 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83zgy548vr.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <lytuod7rhw.fsf@Lumet2.home> (message from Howard Melman on Sat, 10 Apr 2021 17:35:07 -0400)
> From: Howard Melman <hmelman@gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2021 17:35:07 -0400
>
> >> (global-set-key (kbd "C-x 8 1 / 5") (lambda () (interactive) (insert "⅕")))
> >> (global-set-key (kbd "C-x 8 e c") (lambda () (interactive) (insert "✅")))
> >
> > I think you want to use iso-transl-define-keys.
>
> Great, that worked just fine. Shouldn't it be mentioned in
> one of the manuals? The preferred idioms for customizing
> other keys are.
It's an obscure use case, and we don't necessarily document everything
in the manuals: that would make then too large.
In general, you are well advised to read the source code when the
documentation is missing or unclear. That's what I did to answer your
question.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-04-11 6:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-04-10 16:57 Proper way to add bindings under C-x 8 Howard Melman
2021-04-10 17:41 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-10 21:35 ` Howard Melman
2021-04-11 6:45 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2021-11-29 16:21 ` Howard Melman
2021-11-30 11:34 ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-11-30 12:39 ` Robert Pluim
2021-11-30 13:07 ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-11-30 13:39 ` Robert Pluim
2021-11-30 16:32 ` Howard Melman
2021-11-30 16:49 ` Robert Pluim
2021-11-30 17:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-30 17:39 ` Robert Pluim
2021-11-30 17:43 ` Howard Melman
2021-12-02 10:26 ` Robert Pluim
2021-12-02 14:44 ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-12-02 15:03 ` Robert Pluim
2021-12-02 15:27 ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-12-02 15:56 ` Robert Pluim
2021-12-02 16:18 ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-12-02 16:48 ` Robert Pluim
2021-11-30 16:43 ` Robert Pluim
2021-11-30 17:29 ` Howard Melman
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