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format-kbd-macro returns a key name that keymap-lookup doesn't recognize

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Message #17 received at 73764 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 73764 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>,
 eduardoochs <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#73764: format-kbd-macro returns a key name that
 keymap-lookup doesn't recognize
Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2024 16:51:49 +0200

On Okt 12 2024, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

>> I guess we also need to make sure `format-kbd-macro` generates
>> something that `key-valid-p` accepts.
>
> AFAICS, that's impossible without completely rewriting its code.  It
> proceeds from left to right (i.e. from MSB to LSB).

The issue here is that C-h is a character on its own, unlike, say, C-+.

ELISP> (format-kbd-macro [?\M-\C-+])
"C-M-+"

Maybe key-valid-p should accept those control characters as the last
component as a special case.

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