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30.0.90; Strange behaviour of C-x with define-prefix-command

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From: Sean Whitton <spwhitton <at> spwhitton.name>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 73607 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#73607: 30.0.90; Strange behaviour of C-x with define-prefix-command
Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2024 15:13:52 +0800

Hello,

On Thu 03 Oct 2024 at 10:05am +03, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

>> From: Sean Whitton <spwhitton <at> spwhitton.name>
>> Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2024 10:42:05 +0800
>>
>> 1. emacs -q
>> 2. (global-set-key "\C-z" (define-prefix-command 'foo))
>> 3. C-z C-c => "C-z C-c is undefined" as expected
>>
>> However:
>>
>> 4. C-z C-x => "C-z C-x- (C-h for help)"
>> 5. C-z C-x C-h => "No commands with a binding that start with C-z C-x."
>
> Why is that a problem?

It should say "C-z C-x is undefined" right away, like with every other key.

-- 
Sean Whitton

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