GNU bug report logs - #27490
24.5; Elisp manual explanation of `function-key-map' and its inheritors

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2017 20:34:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed

Found in version 24.5

Fixed in version 27.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #14 received at 27490 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 27490 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, drew.adams <at> oracle.com
Subject: Re: bug#27490: 24.5; Elisp manual explanation of `function-key-map'
 and its inheritors
Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2019 19:31:45 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> The only way to affect the behavior of keys within Emacs is through
>> @code{xmodmap} (outside Emacs) or @code{define-key} (inside Emacs).  The
>> @code{define-key} command should be used in conjunction with the
>> @code{function-key-map} map.  For instance,
>> 
>> @lisp
>> (define-key function-key-map [M-@key{TAB}] [?\M-\t])
>> @end lisp
>
> Where did you find this?  I must be blind, because I don't see this
> passage in the manual.

It's in the "X key translations for Emacs" node in misc/efaq.texi, which
I guess isn't part of the manual.

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