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Re: Moving kbd to subr.el


From: Philip Kaludercic
Subject: Re: Moving kbd to subr.el
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2021 18:51:04 +0000

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

> Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:
>
>> If we are going to relegate the old syntax to "permanently deprecated"
>> as I recommend, we can design a new syntax, whichever syntax we like.
>> It doesn't have to use the function `kbd'.
>
> The syntax that `kbd' understands is the one that we're using to display
> keystrokes in help texts and manuals, so inventing another syntax for
> defining keys doesn't seem productive.

That doesn't mean that the new functions couldn't be more lax while
parsing, and dwim when I say C-f1 for M-space.

-- 
        Philip Kaludercic



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