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24.3; key-translation-map and universal-argument not working as expected

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: Jan-Christian Hütter <jchtt <at> arcor.de>
Cc: 15317-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#15317: 24.3;
 key-translation-map and universal-argument not working as expected
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 13:15:39 -0400

> In emacs -Q, evaluate the following to swap C-c and C-w
> (define-key key-translation-map (kbd "C-c") (kbd "C-w"))
> (define-key key-translation-map (kbd "C-w") (kbd "C-c"))

> This works as expected, except when combined with the universal argument: If
> you use C-u C-c, the first evaluation of C-c is passed as is, and not
> interpreted as C-w. However, if I enter C-u C-c C-c, this is interpreted as

Actually, it was not passed as-is, it was translated twice, instead.
I installed a patch which should fix those problems.


        Stefan

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