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

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
Cc: 73764 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca, eduardoochs <at> gmail.com
Subject: bug#73764: format-kbd-macro returns a key name that keymap-lookup doesn't recognize
Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2024 18:18:18 +0300

> From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
> Cc: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>,  73764 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
>   eduardoochs <at> gmail.com
> 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-+.

Right.  And in that case, the C- prefix is generated when a control
character is seen, which is at the end.

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