Macros don't work in Dired

[deja8501]

Hi,

Since noone was able to answer my question in gnu.emacs.help I think
it must be a bug.
Here's the description:


If I bind F6 to "m"

  (global-set-key (kbd "<f6>") "m")

and press f6 in a Dired buffer then the current file is marked, just
like when I press "m".

If I bind F6 to "R"

  (global-set-key (kbd "<f6>") "R")

and press f6 in a Dired buffer then nothing happens, unlike when I
press simply "R" (rename file).


It's GNU Emacs 20.7.2 (sparc-sun-solaris2.6, X toolkit) of Fri Oct 13
2000.

Tom