Re: Ctrl-[ ?

[Stefan Kangas]

Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:
> > Would it make sense to show a warning when trying to bind keys such as
> > C-[ or C-i?
>
> Most key bindings are done non-interactively, so how would such
> warnings work in practice?

My idea was to make the byte compiler warn when binding e.g. C-i or
C-[ directly (as opposed to binding TAB or ESC).

> > C-h k C-[ only shows "ESC- " when I try, though.)
>
> That's because the translation is in effect.

Exactly.  So I suppose showing a warning in the "*Help*" buffer is not
feasible for C-[.

Thanks,
Stefan Kangas