Subject: Re: bug#61149: 29.0.60; keymap-local-set rejects key sequences

From: Robert Pluim <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2023 10:47:35 +0100

>>>>> On Mon, 30 Jan 2023 09:46:49 +0100, Stephen Berman <[email-masked]> said:

    Stephen> This also DTRT, but it also gives keymap-local-set the same UI as that
    Stephen> of keymap-global-set, which is that at the first prompt the cursor jumps
    Stephen> out of the minibuffer (due to read-key-sequence), and then jumps back at
    Stephen> the second prompt.  I find this quite jarring (and the first time I was
    Stephen> quite surprised and thought I had either mistyped or there was a bug).
    Stephen> I would prefer it if both commands had keymap-local-set's current UI.

Yes, that is quite annoying. So letʼs do it your way (with an
incidental spacing fix :-) )

Eli, emacs-29, I think, if youʼre ok with the fix.

diff --git a/lisp/keymap.el b/lisp/keymap.el
index 791221f2459..caabedd5aec 100644
--- a/lisp/keymap.el
+++ b/lisp/keymap.el
@@ -76,12 +76,9 @@ keymap-global-set
 that local binding will continue to shadow any global binding
 that you make with this function."
   (declare (compiler-macro (lambda (form) (keymap--compile-check key) form)))
-  (interactive
-   (let* ((menu-prompting nil)
-          (key (read-key-sequence "Set key globally: " nil t)))
-     (list key
-           (read-command (format "Set key %s to command: "
-                                 (key-description key))))))
+  (interactive "KSet key globally:\nCSet key %s globally to command: ")
+  (unless (stringp key)
+    (setq key (key-description key)))
   (keymap-set (current-global-map) key command))
 
 (defun keymap-local-set (key command)
@@ -94,10 +91,12 @@ keymap-local-set
 The binding goes in the current buffer's local map, which in most
 cases is shared with all other buffers in the same major mode."
   (declare (compiler-macro (lambda (form) (keymap--compile-check key) form)))
-  (interactive "KSet key locally: \nCSet key %s locally to command: ")
+  (interactive "KSet key locally:\nCSet key %s locally to command: ")
   (let ((map (current-local-map)))
     (unless map
       (use-local-map (setq map (make-sparse-keymap))))
+    (unless (stringp key)
+      (setq key (key-description key)))
     (keymap-set map key command)))
 
 (defun keymap-global-unset (key &optional remove)