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Re: I do not understand input-decode-map
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Stefan Monnier |
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Re: I do not understand input-decode-map |
Date: |
Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:31:14 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) |
> This works, ie typing "." gives ":" (even in for example Viper)
> (define-key input-decode-map [?\.] [?\:])
> Why does not the next work?
> (setq input-decode-map (make-sparse-keymap))
> (defvar my-second-map (make-sparse-keymap))
> (define-key my-second-map [?\:] [?\.])
> (define-key input-decode-map [?\,] my-second-map)
> Typing "," does what it use to do. Not too bad, but not what I expected ...
The detailed behavior is fairly tricky. Basically, it's difficult to
know when to stop waiting for more keys. IIRC the code basically stops
if the current input (rewritten/remapped as necessary) is a valid key
sequence bound to a command.
Stefan