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24.3.50; doc of `kbd`: arg format

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 17039 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#17039: 24.3.50; doc of `kbd`: arg format
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 20:27:32 +0200

Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> 1. The doc string says this:
>
>   KEYS should be a string constant in the format used for
>   saving keyboard macros (see `edmacro-mode').
>
> That's all well and good, and it should be kept: the link provides
> valuable and complete info.
>
> However, most people consulting this doc will not be interested so much
> in `edmacro-mode' or even the complete description its doc string
> provides.  They will be helped most (or at least additionally) by
> telling them that the format of argument KEYS is the format that `C-h k'
> uses to describe a key sequence.
>
> Please add that information, and please put it first, before adding the
> `edmacro-mode' link for more complete information about the format.

I've now done this.

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