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From: Thibaut Verron <thibaut.verron@gmail.com>
To: Emanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu>, help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: don't hard-code keys
Date: Sun, 2 May 2021 19:28:12 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAFsi02TeqDgt=fjdGc3UjQN4CUx7pUKhpjshYCY9-dZX7qoNAA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8735v5ry9p.fsf@zoho.eu>

On Sun, 2 May 2021, 16:48 Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs
text editor, <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> wrote:

> Tassilo Horn wrote:
>
> >> But the question: how can I avoid hard-coding the C-u key
> >> but instead have the keybinding inserted thru a reference
> >> to the function, i.e. `universal-argument'?
> >
> > You mean, in the `message' call?  Have a look at
> >
> >   (info "(elisp) Keys in Documentation")
>
> I have it working in docstrings but not in general, for
> example this
>
>   ‘\[COMMAND]’
>        stands for a key sequence that will invoke COMMAND, or ‘M-x
>        COMMAND’ if COMMAND has no key bindings.
>
> sounds like what I want but
>
>   (substitute-command-keys "\[universal-argument]")
>
> :(
>

You need to escape the backslash, otherwise \[ just becomes [ in the
string.


  reply	other threads:[~2021-05-02 17:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-05-01 22:35 don't hard-code keys Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-05-02  7:13 ` Tassilo Horn
2021-05-02 14:44   ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-05-02 17:28     ` Thibaut Verron [this message]
2021-05-02 17:33       ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-05-02 17:38         ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor

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