Re: Proper way to add bindings under C-x 8

[Howard Melman <hmelman@gmail.com>]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> I'd like to add some things to the `C-x 8' prefix and am
>> curious as to the proper way to do it.  I'm interested in
>> adding more fractions similar to `C-x 8 1 / 2' and in adding
>> another prefix for my commonly used emojis as `C-x 8 e ...'
>> 
>> With a normal keymap I know I could do something like this:
>> 
>>     (global-set-key (kbd "C-x 8 1 / 5") (lambda () (interactive) (insert "⅕")))
>>     (global-set-key (kbd "C-x 8 e c") (lambda () (interactive) (insert "✅")))
>
> I think you want to use iso-transl-define-keys.

Great, that worked just fine.  Shouldn't it be mentioned in
one of the manuals?  The preferred idioms for customizing
other keys are.

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Howard