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30.0.50; describe-key description incorrect when using input methods

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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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