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Re: double angled brackets in kbd: <<cmd>>
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Stephen Berman |
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Re: double angled brackets in kbd: <<cmd>> |
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Thu, 01 Feb 2024 10:11:48 +0100 |
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On Wed, 31 Jan 2024 16:18:09 +0100 Olaf Rogalsky <olaf.rogalsky@t-online.de>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> while reading the definition of `key-parse' I noticed, that the `kbd'
> function converts strings enclosed in double angled brackets into a
> the key strokes for an `execute-extended-command'.
>
> (equal (kbd "<<my-command>>")
> (kbd "M-x my-command\r"))
> -> t
>
> I wonder, what is the use-case for these double angled brackets?
They're used when editing keyboard macros, cf. this bit of the doc
string of edmacro-mode: "Double angle brackets enclose command names:
<<next-line>> is shorthand for M-x next-line RET."
Steve Berman