Re: kbd vs read-key-sequence

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 18:29:33 +0100
> From: "Juanma Barranquero" <address@hidden>
> Cc: Emacs Devel <address@hidden>
> 
> On 3/2/07, Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > Oh, so I misunderstood the original report: read-key-sequence does not
> > return 186, but 2234, i.e. it's working correctly.
> 
> Yes. On my first message I wasn't talking about º, but C-M-º, and
> 
>   (event-basic-type (aref (read-key-sequence "") 0)) => 186
> 
> when you type C-M-º (but 2234 when you type º).
> 
> > The fix for it is to change w32 so that it does the decoding earlier, as is
> > done in X, rather than via encoded-kb.
> 
> Before the release?
> 
> It is not the most serious of bugs, but it is a bug nonetheless that:
> 
>   (global-set-key (kbd "C-M-º") 'my-command)
>   M-x describe-key RET C-M-º => "C-M-º is undefined"

Handa-san, could you please comment on the findings in this thread?
Are the diagnosis and the proposed solution correct, in your opinion?

TIA