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Inconsistent behaviour with key-translation-map

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: João Guerra <joca.bt <at> gmail.com>, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 59130 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#59130: Inconsistent behaviour with key-translation-map
Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2022 22:21:52 +0200

> From: João Guerra <joca.bt <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2022 20:37:36 +0100
> 
> It's possible to remap keys into other keys or sequence of keys via
> key-translation-map
> (https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Translation-Keymaps.html).
> 
> For example,
> 
> setting
> (define-key key-translation-map (kbd "<apps>") (kbd "C-x C-f"))
> and pressing <apps> will execute command find-file,
> 
> setting
> (define-key key-translation-map (kbd "<apps>") (kbd "C-x"))
> and pressing <apps> C-f will execute command find-file.
> 
> However, setting
> (define-key key-translation-map (kbd "<apps>") (kbd "C-x @ h"))
> and pressing <apps> p will not execute H-p.
> 
> (C-x @ h adds prefix hyper
> https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Modifier-Keys.html)
> 
> Is this an issue or as expected?

Adding Stefan to CC, in the hope that he knows the answer.

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