Subject: bug#55842: 29.0.50; Using shorthand syntax in keymap-global-set

From: Richard Stallman <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2022 18:46:44 -0400

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  > > The aim with these new functions were to settle on a single syntax for
  > > keys, and the syntax we settled on was the `kbd' one.  You can't
  > > do (keymap-local-set "\C-\M-i" ...) or (keymap-local-set [?\C-\M-i] .. )
  > > or (keymap-local-set [(control meta i)] ...) either -- that was the
  > > whole point of the exercise.

  > Then I wish us good luck convincing users to switch.

Even if we never convince _all users_ to switch, if most packages
use the new syntax, that will be an improvement in clarity.

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