GNU bug report logs - #78714
30.1; failure binding keys to certain unicode characters

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: John Holman <john.g.holman <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2025 11:48:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

Found in version 30.1

Fixed in version 30.2

Done: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>

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Message #20 received at 78714 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: John Holman <john.g.holman <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 78714 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#78714: 30.1; failure binding keys to certain unicode
 characters
Date: Sat, 07 Jun 2025 16:29:27 +0200

On Jun 07 2025, John Holman wrote:

> However the same syntax fails for some characters (so far I've noticed this
> for \u00B0 to \u00B6 but there will be more) e.g
> after (define-key my-test-mode-map (kbd "a") "\u00B2") C-h k shows

Use vector notation instead: [?\u0082].  Generally, use of strings to
represent key sequences should be avoided.

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