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25.0.93; Wrong type argument on C-u C-x = with Czech input method

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Milan Zamazal <pdm <at> zamazal.org>
Cc: 23559-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#23559: 25.0.93;
 Wrong type argument on C-u C-x = with Czech input method
Date: Thu, 19 May 2016 23:00:34 +0300

> From: Milan Zamazal <pdm <at> zamazal.org>
> Cc: 23559 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Thu, 19 May 2016 20:50:33 +0200
> 
> >>>>> "EZ" == Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
>     EZ> Do you (or someone else) understand why Czech and Slovak input
>     EZ> methods include kp-* keys in the input method definitions?
> 
> The reason is that those input methods replace digit keys at the main
> part of the keyboard with Czech and Slovak characters.  But the keys at
> the numeric keypad should of course still produce digits and not Czech
> and Slovak characters.
> 
> IIRC at the time those input methods were introduced, quail definitions
> like
> 
>   ("1" ?+)
> 
> caused both the `1' and kp-1 keys to produce `+' and adding
> 
>   ([kp-1] ?1)
> 
> was necessary to keep kp-1 producing `1' and not `+'.

I see, thanks.

> If this is no longer necessary then those bindings can be simply
> removed.

They don't seem to be necessary, so I removed them, and I'm marking
the bug done.

Thanks.

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