Re: [External] : Re: From global-set-key to keymap-global-set

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2023 14:01:51 +0000
> From: uzibalqa <uzibalqa@proton.me>
> Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> 
> ------- Original Message -------
> On Thursday, July 6th, 2023 at 1:30 AM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> > > Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2023 12:02:54 +0000
> > > From: uzibalqa uzibalqa@proton.me
> > > Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> > > 
> > > ------- Original Message -------
> > > On Wednesday, July 5th, 2023 at 11:34 PM, Eli Zaretskii eliz@gnu.org 
> > > wrote:
> > > 
> > > > > Eli, are we meant to use keymap-global-set this way in order
> > > > > to make an alternative keymap ?
> > > > > 
> > > > > (keymap-global-set "C-;" "C-x C-;")
> > > > 
> > > > I don't think I understand the question. What do you mean by "make an
> > > > alternative map"?
> > > 
> > > Following up on Drew's "What's a command and its purported replacement",
> > > are "keymap-set" and "keymap-global-set" supposed to accept the 
> > > declarations
> > > where command is actually a keymap like so
> > > 
> > > (keymap-set "C-;" "C-x C-;")
> > > (keymap-global-set "C-;" "C-x C-;")
> > > 
> > > Which is intended to add the keymap "C-;" as an equivalence to "C-x 
> > > C-;",'and
> > > thusly having "C-;" as an alternative keymap to using "C-x C-;".
> > 
> > 
> > Except that "C-x C-;" is not a keymap, so I still don't understand
> > what are you asking about when you say "alternative keymap".
> 
> Drew has corrected me about the terminology.
> 
> I am quite confused with the following
> 
> (global-set-key KEY COMMAND)
> (keymap-global-set KEY COMMAND)
> 
> (define-key KEYMAP KEY DEF &optional REMOVE)
> (keymap-set KEYMAP KEY DEFINITION)
> 
> Previously one was able to add a Key Sequence KSQ as equivalent to a 
> previously defined Key Sequence KSQ-ORIGINAL.   How would we do this 
> now with "keymap-set" and "keymap-global-set" ? 

The same.  In non-interactive usage keymap-global-set accepts strings
as COMMAND.