GNU bug report logs - #1111
describe-key's key notation display inconsistency

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: xah <at> xahlee.org, 1111 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, stefan <at> marxist.se, npostavs <at> gmail.com
Subject: bug#1111: describe-key's key notation display inconsistency
Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2019 09:38:38 +0300

> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> Cc: xah lee <xah <at> xahlee.org>, 1111 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
>  Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
> 
> (elisp) `Function Keys':
> 
>   Function keys are represented in Emacs Lisp as
>   symbols; the symbol's name is the function key's
>   label, in lower case.
> 
>   For example, pressing a key labeled <F1> generates
>   an input event represented by the symbol 'f1'.
> 
> (Note: not the symbol `<f1>' - see my statement that
> I think the doc that says that the angle brackets
> are part of the event name is incorrect, per this
> doc passage.)

You are mixing keys with events produced by those keys and with the
description of those keys and events.  They are all different.

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