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If global-set-key is used to rebind <tab>, searching for a TAB character inserts a TAB

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From: Fran Litterio <flitterio <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: If global-set-key is used to rebind <tab>,
 searching for a TAB character inserts a TAB
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2015 16:48:37 +0000 (UTC)

This happens in Emacs built from the latest sources on Windows 7.
To reproduce:

  1. Launch Emacs with: runemacs.exe -Q
  
  2. Type "C-s TAB".  See the error "Failing I-search: ^I" in
     the minibuffer.  This is expected.
  
  2. Evaluate this form:
  
     (global-set-key (kbd "<tab>") 'tab-to-tab-stop)
  
  3. Type "C-s TAB".  Instead of searching for a TAB character, this
     inserts a TAB character.
--
Fran Litterio
flitterio <at> gmail.com


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Message #8 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Fran Litterio <flitterio <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#20904: If global-set-key is used to rebind <tab>,
 searching for a TAB character inserts a TAB
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2015 17:00:34 +0000 (UTC)

I <flitterio <at> gmail.com> wrote:

>   2. Evaluate this form:
> 
>      (global-set-key (kbd "<tab>") 'tab-to-tab-stop)

I have found that changing the above form to:

  (global-set-key (kbd "TAB") 'tab-to-tab-stop)

avoids the problem (i.e., it allows the global binding of TAB to be
changed to tab-to-tab-stop and allows searching for a TAB character).
--
Fran

Message #11 received at 20904 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Fran Litterio <flitterio <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 20904 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#20904: If global-set-key is used to rebind <tab>,
 searching for a TAB character inserts a TAB
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2015 15:42:24 -0400

tags 20904 notabug
thanks

>> (global-set-key (kbd "<tab>") 'tab-to-tab-stop)
> I have found that changing the above form to:
>   (global-set-key (kbd "TAB") 'tab-to-tab-stop)
> avoids the problem (i.e., it allows the global binding of TAB to be
> changed to tab-to-tab-stop and allows searching for a TAB character).

That's right.
Most of Emacs (including Isearch) gives no special meaning to `tab', and
instead this key is typically remapped to TAB.
So unless you care about the difference between the two, you should
always bind the TAB and not `tab'.


        Stefan

Message #16 received at 20904 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Fran Litterio <flitterio <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 20904 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#20904: If global-set-key is used to rebind <tab>,
 searching for a TAB character inserts a TAB
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2015 23:32:35 +0300

> From: Fran Litterio <flitterio <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2015 17:00:34 +0000 (UTC)
> 
> I <flitterio <at> gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> >   2. Evaluate this form:
> > 
> >      (global-set-key (kbd "<tab>") 'tab-to-tab-stop)
> 
> I have found that changing the above form to:
> 
>   (global-set-key (kbd "TAB") 'tab-to-tab-stop)
> 
> avoids the problem (i.e., it allows the global binding of TAB to be
> changed to tab-to-tab-stop and allows searching for a TAB character).

That's exactly what you should have done.  <tab> is a function key,
not the character Ctrl-I.

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