GNU bug report logs - #71479
30.0.50; describe-key description incorrect when using input methods

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From: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 30.0.50; describe-key description incorrect when using input methods
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2024 18:45:36 +0200

emacs -Q
C-u C-\ cyrillic-translit
C-h z h

=>
    ж (translated from h ж) runs the command
    self-insert-command (found in global-map), which is an interactive
    primitive-function in ‘C source code’.

This should say '*translated from z h)'. The underlying reason is that
quail.el messes around with `last-command-event', which confuses
describe-key.

I doubt this issue is confined to this particular input method.

Robert
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From: Jeremy Bryant <jb <at> jeremybryant.net>
To: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 71479 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#71479: 30.0.50; describe-key description incorrect when
 using input methods
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2024 23:02:58 +0100

Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com> writes:

> emacs -Q
> C-u C-\ cyrillic-translit
> C-h z h

When testing, I get
C-h z is undefined

>
> =>
>     ж (translated from h ж) runs the command
>     self-insert-command (found in global-map), which is an interactive
>     primitive-function in ‘C source code’.
>
> This should say '*translated from z h)'. The underlying reason is that
> quail.el messes around with `last-command-event', which confuses
> describe-key.
>
> I doubt this issue is confined to this particular input method.
>
> Robert

Message #9 received at 71479 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
To: Jeremy Bryant <jb <at> jeremybryant.net>
Cc: 71479 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#71479: 30.0.50; describe-key description incorrect when
 using input methods
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2024 09:33:48 +0200

>>>>> On Mon, 10 Jun 2024 23:02:58 +0100, Jeremy Bryant <jb <at> jeremybryant.net> said:

    Jeremy> Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com> writes:
    >> emacs -Q
    >> C-u C-\ cyrillic-translit
    >> C-h z h

    Jeremy> When testing, I get
    Jeremy> C-h z is undefined

Because I messed up the key binding, it should be 'C-h k z'

Robert
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From: Jeremy Bryant <jb <at> jeremybryant.net>
To: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 71479 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#71479: 30.0.50; describe-key description incorrect when
 using input methods
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2024 21:18:02 +0100

Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com> writes:

>>>>>> On Mon, 10 Jun 2024 23:02:58 +0100, Jeremy Bryant <jb <at> jeremybryant.net> said:
>
>     Jeremy> Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com> writes:
>     >> emacs -Q
>     >> C-u C-\ cyrillic-translit
>     >> C-h z h
>
>     Jeremy> When testing, I get
>     Jeremy> C-h z is undefined
>
> Because I messed up the key binding, it should be 'C-h k z'
>
> Robert

As I test this (on 29.3), the result is:

з (translated from <return> з) runs the command self-insert-command

Message #15 received at 71479 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 71479 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#71479: 30.0.50;
 describe-key description incorrect when using input methods
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2024 13:41:14 +0300

> From: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2024 18:45:36 +0200
> 
> 
> emacs -Q
> C-u C-\ cyrillic-translit
> C-h k z h
> 
> =>
>     ж (translated from h ж) runs the command
>     self-insert-command (found in global-map), which is an interactive
>     primitive-function in ‘C source code’.
> 
> This should say '*translated from z h)'. The underlying reason is that
> quail.el messes around with `last-command-event', which confuses
> describe-key.
> 
> I doubt this issue is confined to this particular input method.

Right, it looks like the problem is in this-single-command-raw-keys,
and more deeply in what we store in the raw_keybuf vector.

Stefan, any suggestions for how we could fix this?

Message #18 received at 71479 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>, 71479 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#71479: 30.0.50; describe-key description incorrect when
 using input methods
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2024 10:34:26 -0400

>> C-h k z h
>> =>
>>     ж (translated from h ж) runs the command

Eww.

>> This should say '*translated from z h)'. The underlying reason is that
>> quail.el messes around with `last-command-event', which confuses
>> describe-key.
> Right, it looks like the problem is in this-single-command-raw-keys,
> and more deeply in what we store in the raw_keybuf vector.

I don't have a deep enough understanding of all the elements in play to
have a good idea how to fix it.  All I can say is that IMO `raw_keybuf`
should never see ж because that is simply not the "raw" input.


        Stefan

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