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[A complimentary Cc of this posting was sent to
Stefan Monnier 
<monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>], who wrote in article <87irvmgiot.fsf-monnier+gnu.emacs.help@gnu.org>:
> I haven't tried your code yet, but looking at it I'm wondering: how do you
> type in H-C-x (assuming you don't have a Hyper modifier on your keyboard)?

I would try something like
  hyperify controlify x

;-)

> IIUC after you hit C-x ESC h, the call to read-key-sequence will not let you
> hit just C-x (because it's a prefix key).

I think I missed this limitation.  It is not prohibits entering the
keys, of course...

Yours,
Ilya