Re: use correct vector/list syntax for keybindings?

[Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>]

>>>>> On Tue, 05 Nov 2019 14:25:18 +0100, Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> said:

    Andreas> On Nov 05 2019, Robert Pluim wrote:
    >> In  "(emacs) Init Rebinding", it says
    >> 
    >> If a vector element is a character, write it
    >> as a Lisp character constant: ‘?’ followed by the character as it would
    >> appear in a string.
    >> 
    >> There are a fair few bindings in the emacs source that forget the '?'
    >> and do eg
    >> 
    >> [(control c)]
    >> 
    >> Is it worth going through and changing those?

    Andreas> This is not the syntax the text above is talking about.  It is a vector
    Andreas> of Lucid-style event type lists, where the characters can be written as
    Andreas> symbols (see event-convert-list).  It is supported for XEmacs
    Andreas> compatibility.

The elisp manual makes it clear that the intended syntax for single
characters is the same in both cases. In "(elisp) Changing Key
Bindings":

       The key definition and lookup functions accept an alternate syntax
    for event types in a key sequence that is a vector: you can use a list
    containing modifier names plus one base event (a character or function
    key name).  For example, ‘(control ?a)’ is equivalent to ‘?\C-a’ and
    ‘(hyper control left)’ is equivalent to ‘C-H-left’.

Robert