From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Eli Zaretskii" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Non-character input events Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 06:49:37 +0200 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <2427-Fri21Mar2003064937+0200-eliz@elta.co.il> References: Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1048222613 16148 80.91.224.249 (21 Mar 2003 04:56:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 04:56:53 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Mar 21 05:56:52 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18wEaJ-0004CI-00 for ; Fri, 21 Mar 2003 05:56:52 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18wEaN-0003JU-03 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 20 Mar 2003 23:56:55 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18wEZp-0002lA-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Mar 2003 23:56:21 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18wEYz-000223-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Mar 2003 23:55:31 -0500 Original-Received: from gandalf.inter.net.il ([192.114.186.22]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18wEYr-0001hj-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Mar 2003 23:55:22 -0500 Original-Received: from zaretsky (adsl-ayalon-pc-130-171.inter.net.il [213.8.130.171]) by gandalf.inter.net.il (Mirapoint Messaging Server MOS 3.2.2-GA) with ESMTP id AJK32299; Fri, 21 Mar 2003 06:55:19 +0200 (IST) Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailer: emacs 21.3.50 (via feedmail 8 I) and Blat ver 1.8.9 In-reply-to: (message from Joe Fineman on 20 Mar 2003 18:21:13 -0500) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:7779 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:7779 > From: Joe Fineman > Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help > Date: 20 Mar 2003 18:21:13 -0500 > > When a routine I have written is expecting a character & instead sees > (e.g.) one of the function keys on the keyboard, it complains that it > has seen a non-character input event. Presumably, therefore, Emacs > has some way of recognizing such events. Where is the documentation > for that? "Apropos" yields nothing, and info merely admits that they > exist. In general, when you need some information for writing ELisp, you should first look in the ELisp manual. Type "i input events RET" when in that manual, and read the chapter you will land in.