From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#27490: 24.5; Elisp manual explanation of `function-key-map' and its inheritors Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2019 20:54:11 +0300 Message-ID: <83o91nqnng.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87v9vv4d2e.fsf@mouse.gnus.org> <83sgqzqr3e.fsf@gnu.org> <87blxn47lq.fsf@mouse.gnus.org> Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="143193"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" Cc: 27490@debbugs.gnu.org To: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jul 21 19:55:08 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hpG38-000b6U-Vm for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 21 Jul 2019 19:55:07 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57116 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hpG37-0007bn-Vm for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 21 Jul 2019 13:55:05 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:57390) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hpG35-0007bh-6q for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Jul 2019 13:55:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hpG34-0004uM-Bc for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Jul 2019 13:55:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:50630) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hpG34-0004u6-4Z for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Jul 2019 13:55:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hpG34-0000Bb-1b for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Jul 2019 13:55:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2019 17:55:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 27490 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 27490-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B27490.1563731673669 (code B ref 27490); Sun, 21 Jul 2019 17:55:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 27490) by debbugs.gnu.org; 21 Jul 2019 17:54:33 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59451 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hpG2b-0000Ai-8c for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 21 Jul 2019 13:54:33 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:44781) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hpG2Z-0000AT-LN for 27490@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 21 Jul 2019 13:54:31 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:42813) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hpG2U-0004N4-9P; Sun, 21 Jul 2019 13:54:26 -0400 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=1850 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1hpG2T-0003o7-QJ; Sun, 21 Jul 2019 13:54:26 -0400 In-reply-to: <87blxn47lq.fsf@mouse.gnus.org> (message from Lars Ingebrigtsen on Sun, 21 Jul 2019 19:31:45 +0200) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.51.188.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:163548 Archived-At: > From: Lars Ingebrigtsen > Cc: drew.adams@oracle.com, 27490@debbugs.gnu.org > Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2019 19:31:45 +0200 > > >> The only way to affect the behavior of keys within Emacs is through > >> @code{xmodmap} (outside Emacs) or @code{define-key} (inside Emacs). The > >> @code{define-key} command should be used in conjunction with the > >> @code{function-key-map} map. For instance, > >> > >> @lisp > >> (define-key function-key-map [M-@key{TAB}] [?\M-\t]) > >> @end lisp > > > > Where did you find this? I must be blind, because I don't see this > > passage in the manual. > > It's in the "X key translations for Emacs" node in misc/efaq.texi, which > I guess isn't part of the manual. Ah, okay. Yes, that part of the FAQ is obsolete and should be fixed.