On Thu, 27 Jul 2023 10:47:24 -0700, Johnathan Mantey
<johnathanx.mantey@intel.com> said:
Johnathan> I created a keyboard macro that used the zap-to-char (Alt-z)
keyboard
Johnathan> sequence.
Johnathan> The macro functions correctly in the session in which it was
created.
Johnathan> The macro is given a name.
Johnathan> The macro is inserted into an elisp file using insert-kbd-macro.
Johnathan> The macro, abbreviated here, creates an invalid character.
Johnathan> (fset 'test-macro
Johnathan> (kmacro-lambda-form [?\C-a ?ú ?\; ?\C-k] 0 "%d"))
Johnathan> Evaluating this form causes the named macro to quit working.
Johnathan> Instead of performing zap-to-char ';' it inserts the unicode
char.
Johnathan> Rerecording the macro using ESC, naming, and saving results in:
Johnathan> macro to function correctly.
Johnathan> (fset 'test-macro
Johnathan> (kmacro-lambda-form [?\C-a escape ?z ?\; ?\C-k] 0 "%d"))
Johnathan> Re-evaluating this source results in the macro functioning
correctly.
This works correctly in emacs-29, where the resulting macro form now
uses the `key-parse' syntax instead of the internal vector syntax, so
you get:
(defalias 'test-macro
(kmacro "C-a M-z ; C-k"))
From etc/NEWS:
** Kmacro
Kmacros are now OClosures and have a new constructor 'kmacro' which
uses the 'key-parse' syntax. It replaces the old 'kmacro-lambda-form'
(which is now declared obsolete).