From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Luc Teirlinck Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Will default key bindings spell the death of Emacs? Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2003 17:42:43 -0500 (CDT) Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <200306022242.h52MghO24343@eel.dms.auburn.edu> References: <3ED67422.7060305@math.ku.dk> <20030529214728.GA24984@gnu.org> <200305300010.h4U0AiNY018227@rum.cs.yale.edu> <84r86hggd8.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de> <3ED79506.5050604@yahoo.com><3EDBC154.40009@yahoo.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1054593915 6548 80.91.224.249 (2 Jun 2003 22:45:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2003 22:45:15 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Tue Jun 03 00:45:14 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19My3F-0001hS-00 for ; Tue, 03 Jun 2003 00:45:13 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 19MyK4-0005EF-00 for ; Tue, 03 Jun 2003 01:02:36 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19My5B-0003EF-Cr for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Mon, 02 Jun 2003 18:47:13 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19My1U-0001tu-A3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Jun 2003 18:43:24 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19My0x-0001Yk-V0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Jun 2003 18:42:52 -0400 Original-Received: from manatee.dms.auburn.edu ([131.204.53.104]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19My0m-0001QQ-VG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Jun 2003 18:42:41 -0400 Original-Received: from eel.dms.auburn.edu (eel.dms.auburn.edu [131.204.53.108]) h52Mgaoc006473; Mon, 2 Jun 2003 17:42:36 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: (from teirllm@localhost) by eel.dms.auburn.edu (8.11.6+Sun/8.11.6) id h52MghO24343; Mon, 2 Jun 2003 17:42:43 -0500 (CDT) X-Authentication-Warning: eel.dms.auburn.edu: teirllm set sender to teirllm@dms.auburn.edu using -f Original-To: ihs_4664@yahoo.com In-reply-to: <3EDBC154.40009@yahoo.com> (message from Kevin Rodgers on Mon, 02 Jun 2003 15:27:48 -0600) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:14601 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:14601 Kevin Rodgers wrote: How about: (kbd (read-string "Key (`kbd' format): ")) That seems to require the following patch; is this a known bug in `kbd'? No, as David already pointed out. However, you could just as well use read-kbd-macro directly (unless I am confused about something). Sincerely, Luc.