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24.3.50; doc string of `execute-kbd-macro'

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Message #17 received at 14206 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Kevin Rodgers <kevin.d.rodgers <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 14206 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#14206: 24.3.50; doc string of `execute-kbd-macro'
Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2014 17:50:01 -0800

Kevin Rodgers <kevin.d.rodgers <at> gmail.com> writes:

>> (defun foo () "foo")
>>
>> (execute-kbd-macro 'foo)
>>
>> ->
>>
>> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Keyboard macros must be
>> strings or vectors")
>>    execute-kbd-macro(foo)
>>    eval((execute-kbd-macro (quote foo)) nil)

So is the "If MACRO is a symbol, its function definition is used." thing
wrong?

>> (execute-kbd-macro ["f"])
>> ->
>> After 0 kbd macro iterations: undefined: Keyboard macro terminated
>> by a command ringing the bell
>>
>> What kind of vector is this talking about?
>
> A vector of keyboard events: (execute-kbd-macro [?f ?o ?o])

Right.  I've now added this to the doc string.

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