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From: VanL <van@scratch.space>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: MELPA upgrade error
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 12:17:58 +1100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2pnebml2x.fsf@scratch.space> (raw)
In-Reply-To: jwv5zg4geq0.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org


>>   (setq help-char (kbd "<f1>"))
>
> (kbd "<f1>") returns a sequence (vector) of keys.  `help-char` expects (as its
> name implies) a character (i.e. an integer).

Using,

  (setq help-char 'f1) ; after reading [1]

Previously, 

  (setq help-char [f1])
  (setq help-char (kbd "<f1>")) ; ignorantly copy & pasted
                                ; set the help-char value to [f1]
                                ; now the value is plainly f1

Footnotes: 
[1]  https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Function-Keys.html

-- VL
李 Take a piss.
德 Take the piss.
煒 The difference is the article.




  reply	other threads:[~2020-02-19  1:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-02-18  0:50 MELPA upgrade error Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2020-02-18  7:28 ` VanL
2020-02-18 14:20   ` Stefan Monnier
2020-02-19  1:17     ` VanL [this message]
2020-02-20 11:53     ` VanL
2020-02-20 13:26       ` Stefan Monnier
2020-02-20 23:15         ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2020-02-21  0:26         ` VanL
2020-02-21  0:48           ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor

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