GNU bug report logs - #50727
Contradictory conventions with new command kbd-macro-display

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Message #11 received at 50727 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: larsi <at> gnus.org, 50727 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, marcowahlsoft <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#50727: Contradictory conventions with new command
 kbd-macro-display
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2021 09:16:51 +0300

> From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
> Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2021 16:22:26 -0700
> Cc: larsi <at> gnus.org, marcowahlsoft <at> gmail.com
> 
>     The key sequences [C-x C-k 0] through [C-x C-k 9] and [C-x C-k A]
>     through [C-x C-k Z] are reserved for user bindings, and to bind to
>     one of these sequences, just enter the digit or letter, rather than
>     the whole sequence.

Regardless of the main issue here, why does this doc string use this
strange notation for key sequences?  What is the meaning of the
brackets here, and why don't we use `..' as usual?

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