Re: How to distinguish character from noncharacter input events?

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>]

> Is there a function that distinguishes character from noncharacter
> input events?  It would be nice to be able to write

> (let ((next (read-event)))
>   (if (char-p next)
>       (progn ...)
>     (...)))

> but I can't find anything of the sort.

What for?
What's your definition of a "character event"?

You could try

   (integerp event)

but it will also return non-nil for M-p and C-x.  So you might want to use

   (and (integerp event) (null (event-modifiers event))

but it all depends on what you consider to be a character event, of course.


        Stefan