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30.0.50; describe-key description incorrect when using input methods

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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: 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

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