Subject: 24.3.50; About meta character representation in `describe-binding'

From: Xue Fuqiao <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 09:49:14 +0800

In (info "(elisp) Scanning Keymaps"):

 -- Command: describe-bindings &optional prefix buffer-or-name
[...]
     The listing describes meta characters as <ESC> followed by the
     corresponding non-meta character.

But in my output of `describe-bindings', it seems that all the meta
"characters" are described as something like "M-n", "C-M-i" and so on.
But the non-characters, like <C-backspace> and <f10> are after the
`ESC' prefix.

In GNU Emacs 24.3.50.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.6.0)
 of 2013-02-10 on Emacs
Bzr revision: 111721 [email-masked]
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version
11.0.11300000 System Description:	Ubuntu 12.10

Configured using:
 `configure --config-cache --enable-link-time-optimization'

Important settings:
  value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
  default enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Lisp Interaction

Minor modes in effect:
  tooltip-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  tool-bar-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  blink-cursor-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t

Recent input:
<help-echo> <help-echo> <menu> d e s - b i n d <tab> 
<return> <help-echo> C-x o C-x h M-w C-x C-w ~ / d 
e s - b i n d . t x t <return> C-g <down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> 
C-x k <return> <help-echo> <down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> 
SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC 
SPC M-< <down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> <menu> r e - e m - 
b u <tab> <return>

Recent messages:
Type C-x 1 to delete the help window, C-M-v to scroll help.
You can run the command `describe-bindings' with C-h b
Type C-x 1 to delete the help window, C-M-v to scroll help.
Mark set [2 times]
Saved text until "           -------

ESC		Prefix Command
"
Saving file /home/xfq/des-bind.txt...
Quit

Load-path shadows:
None found.

Features:
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mml-sec mm-decode mm-bodies mm-encode mail-parse rfc2231 mailabbrev
gmm-utils mailheader sendmail rfc2047 rfc2045 ietf-drums mm-util
mail-prsvr mail-utils kmacro two-column iso-transl help-mode easymenu
time-date tooltip ediff-hook vc-hooks lisp-float-type mwheel x-win x-dnd
tool-bar dnd fontset image regexp-opt fringe tabulated-list newcomment
lisp-mode register page menu-bar rfn-eshadow timer select scroll-bar
mouse jit-lock font-lock syntax facemenu font-core frame cham georgian
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minibuffer loaddefs button faces cus-face macroexp files text-properties
overlay sha1 md5 base64 format env code-pages mule custom widget
hashtable-print-readable backquote make-network-process dbusbind inotify
dynamic-setting system-font-setting font-render-setting move-toolbar gtk
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-- 
Best regards, Xue Fuqiao.
http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/XueFuqiao