Re: Behavior of `this-command-keys'

[Jay Belanger <belanger@truman.edu>]

Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:

>     Consider something like:
>       (defun test ()
> 	(interactive)
> 	(sit-for 1)
> 	(setq result (this-command-keys)))
>       (global-set-key "a" 'test)
>     To me, it sounds like as if `result' should equal "a" (the key which
>     calls the function) if "ab" were pressed, whether or not the `sit-for'
>     had run its course.
>
> It seems that the documentation of this-command-keys is wrong.  Its
> value seems to include any keys that were read by read-event.

I take it that's the desired value, then.

> Given this fact, it is clear why sit-for now has the result it does:
> it reads that event using read-event.
>
> Does this fix it?

In the above test, the result is always "a"; so I guess the patch
fixes it.

Jay