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Should "(elisp) Keymaps" describe key sequences first?

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Message #8 received at 52821 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: 52821 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#52821: Should "(elisp) Keymaps" describe key sequences first?
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2021 23:20:33 -0500

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  > Now that we promote the new keymap-* functions, does it really make
  > sense to start the section (info "(elisp) Keymaps") with a description
  > of key sequences?

  > This seems to now be considered more of an internal detail,

A key sequence is a Lisp object, and it's not internal -- quite a few
programs operate on them.

The description in that node is confused between describing the
Lisp object itself and describing its printed representation.
Perhaps this node should describe the Lisp object format
and the issue of printing and inputting them should be elsewhere.

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