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24.2; (max-char) is too low (and hard to change)

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From: Magnar Sveen <magnars <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 13599 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#13599: 24.2; (max-char) is too low (and hard to change)
Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2013 09:10:20 +0100

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Eli Zaretskii writes:

>> From: Magnar Sveen <magnars <at> gmail.com>
>>
>>     (define-key key-translation-map (kbd "s-8") (kbd "["))
>>
>> It works in most cases. But unfortunately read-char does not care about
>> this translation, leaving lots of functions broken.
>
> Why do you care about read-char?

Because it is widely used in commands, and now is broken.

> What functions are broken after the above?

Off the top of my head, (paredit-backslash) and (quoted-insert).

> And why do you use key-translation-map and not global-map (or
global-set-key)?

I had a hope that it was lower level than global-set-key.

- Magnar

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