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29.2; Valid key "<TAB>" not accepted by `keymap-global-set'

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From: tpeplt <tpeplt <at> gmail.com>
To: 69893 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#69893: 29.2; Valid key "<TAB>" not accepted by `keymap-global-set'
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 17:14:16 -0400

Recipe for reproducing this problem:

1. Start Emacs at a shell prompt using "emacs -Q".

2. Evaluate the following expressions in the *scratch* buffer.

The following keys evaluate as valid (as expected):

(key-valid-p "TAB")
(key-valid-p "<TAB>")
(key-valid-p "<tab>")

The following key evaluates as invalid (as expected):

(key-valid-p "tab")

3. So, the following expressions should evaluate to
‘indent-for-tab-command’:

(keymap-global-set "<tab>" 'indent-for-tab-command)
(keymap-global-set "TAB" 'indent-for-tab-command)
(keymap-global-set "<TAB>" 'indent-for-tab-command)

The first two expressions evaluate as expected, but when the third
expression is evaluated, then the following message is reported:

keymap-global-set: To bind the key TAB, use [?\t], not [TAB]

Because (key-valid-p "<TAB>") evaluates to t, that error message appears
to be invalid.

4. Also, the following expressions all evaluate to nil:

(key-valid-p "[?\t]")
(key-valid-p "[?\\t]")

(key-valid-p "?\t")
(key-valid-p "?\\t")

(key-valid-p "<?\t>")
(key-valid-p "<?\\t>")

So the error message appears to direct a user to change the key string
to an invalid key.

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