From: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Cc: 52448@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#52448: key-valid-p vs "C-M-x" and "ESC C-x"
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2021 05:33:10 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CADwFkmnyhVpq+mzY4vEREi8WSk7W5bjxKy3gSdio=pv8UkYoKw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87zgp6cjoo.fsf@gnus.org>
Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
> Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se> writes:
>
>> AFAIU, we want exactly one valid way to write keybindings with
>> `key-valid-p'. Should both of these be `key-valid-p'?
>>
>> 1. (key-description (kbd "ESC C-x"))
>> => "C-M-x"
>>
>> (key-valid-p "ESC C-x")
>> => t
>
> That's what happens today, but Stefan M had a cunning plan to make
> round-tripping these keystrokes (EST/TAB/RET) work better.
>
> In that case
>
> "ESC C-x"
>
> and
>
> "C-M-x"
>
> would still both be valid, but refer to different things (that get
> resolved to the same thing).
So both will be valid even with the planned changes, and this is
notabug?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-12-13 13:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-12-12 8:17 bug#52448: key-valid-p vs "C-M-x" and "ESC C-x" Stefan Kangas
2021-12-12 8:27 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-12-13 13:33 ` Stefan Kangas [this message]
2021-12-13 23:18 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-12-14 2:39 ` Stefan Kangas
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