minor modes keymaps are not keymaps?

minor modes keymaps are not keymaps?

[Lennart Borgman]

Define a minor mode:

  (define-minor-mode maptest-mode "Just testing keymapp mode-map."
    nil
    nil
    '(
      ('[(control ?b)] . mark-whole-buffer)
      ))

Then evaluate:

  (keymapp 'maptest-mode-map)

Why does this give nil?

Re: minor modes keymaps are not keymaps?

[Luc Teirlinck]

Lennart Borgman wrote:

   Define a minor mode:

     (define-minor-mode maptest-mode "Just testing keymapp mode-map."
       nil
       nil
       '(
	 ('[(control ?b)] . mark-whole-buffer)
	 ))

   Then evaluate:

     (keymapp 'maptest-mode-map)

   Why does this give nil?

>From the keymapp docstring:

  A keymap is a list (keymap . ALIST),
  or a symbol whose function definition is itself a keymap.

But maptest-mode-map is a symbol whose _value_ and _not_ whose
function definition is a keymap.  (keymapp maptest-mode-map) returns t.

Sincerely,

Luc.

Re: minor modes keymaps are not keymaps?

[Lennart Borgman]

Luc Teirlinck wrote:
>    Then evaluate:
>
>      (keymapp 'maptest-mode-map)
>
>    Why does this give nil?
>
> >From the keymapp docstring:
>
>   A keymap is a list (keymap . ALIST),
>   or a symbol whose function definition is itself a keymap.
>
> But maptest-mode-map is a symbol whose _value_ and _not_ whose
> function definition is a keymap.  (keymapp maptest-mode-map) returns t.
>   

Ah! Thanks.