From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Does a diagram of the key input subsystem exist?
Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2021 05:30:20 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83zgsxqb7n.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5eef1cbd-e6a0-980f-e3b5-7bfcccf02a53@piermont.com> (perry@piermont.com)
> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2021 16:54:43 -0400
> From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
>
> So in an attempt to debug the input method I've been trying to write,
> I've been trying to understand how typed keys make it from the user up
> to the point where processing stops, and failing very miserably. The
> elisp manual has a maze of hints, but they're not nearly as informative
> as I would have hoped.
>
> Is there anything like a document or diagram that lists the steps,
> translation tables, maps, etc. that every keystroke goes through in its
> journey? My guess is no, but I thought I would ask.
You mean, the description of what the read_char does?
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-08-31 20:54 Does a diagram of the key input subsystem exist? Perry E. Metzger
2021-09-01 2:30 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2021-09-01 12:44 ` Perry E. Metzger
2021-09-01 13:35 ` Eli Zaretskii
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