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23.0.60; Quick calc is quietly disabled in view-mode

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Message #25 received at 835 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
Cc: Jay Belanger <jay.p.belanger <at> gmail.com>, 835 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#835: 23.0.60; Quick calc is quietly disabled in view-mode
Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:08:11 +0200

> !               (define-key map (char-to-string (- (car x) ?a -1)) (cdr
> x)))
[...]
> !               (define-key map (upcase (char-to-string (car x))) (cdr
> x)))

> What the original code
> does is the following: for a character such as "n", it adds "C-n" to the
> keymap as well (it's a hack that relies on the specific properties of
> the ASCII table, and needs at least a comment).  That's not what the
> patched code does: it adds "N" to the keymap.  Martin, what's the reason
> for this change?

That was my intention: AFAICT `view-mode' took `Q' (and, for example,
`E') away from calc and I simply tried to give it back to calc.  But
maybe this part of the code really intended to add a "C-" ...

martin

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