From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>,
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: larsi@gnus.org, 59305@debbugs.gnu.org, stefankangas@gmail.com
Subject: bug#59305: 29.0.50; keymap-global-set handling of string bindings different from global-set-key
Date: Thu, 02 May 2024 12:01:41 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <86cyq4mvt6.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87bk5wqjka.fsf@gmail.com> (message from Robert Pluim on Fri, 26 Apr 2024 16:34:29 +0200)
> Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>, 59305@debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2024 16:34:29 +0200
>
> >>>>> On Thu, 15 Dec 2022 09:42:46 +0100, Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com> said:
>
>
> Robert> Then perhaps we should just change the docstrings and manual to
> Robert> explain that binding a key to a string of characters should use
> Robert> `kmacro' (since `kbd' is not the right thing for ASCII-only entry)
>
> I was going to write 'Stefan why did you overwrite my patch', but itʼs
> me who didnʼt follow up :-)
>
> Changing `kbd' to always return a vector, attractive as it is to the
> purist in me, falls foul of existing code that expects eg `(kbd
> "RET")' to return a string (and thatʼs just in Emacsʼ code). I guess
> we could add an 'always produce a vector' argument to `kbd', but
> perhaps just recommending `kmacro' is best, since itʼs a fairly niche
> usage.
>
> This is against emacs-29
Stefan, any comments?
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Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-11-16 8:47 bug#59305: 29.0.50; keymap-global-set handling of string bindings different from global-set-key Robert Pluim
2022-11-22 16:58 ` Robert Pluim
2022-11-25 0:14 ` Stefan Kangas
2022-11-25 8:01 ` Robert Pluim
2022-11-25 8:25 ` Stefan Kangas
2022-12-15 8:42 ` Robert Pluim
2024-04-26 14:34 ` Robert Pluim
2024-05-02 9:01 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2024-05-02 13:13 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-05-06 10:03 ` Robert Pluim
2024-05-06 13:24 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-05-06 14:34 ` Robert Pluim
2024-05-06 15:20 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
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