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24.0.50; `M-o' should not be _invoked_ in `global-set-key'

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Cc: 9730 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Subject: bug#9730: 24.0.50; `M-o' should not be _invoked_ in `global-set-key'
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2016 13:34:04 +0200

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA> writes:

>> emacs -Q
>> M-x global-set-key
>> Hit `M-o'
>> The (prefix-key) binding of `M-o' is _invoked_, interrupting the
>> `global-set-key dialog etc.  Bad.
>
> Actually, the binding is not really invoked, but the "hierarKey" menu is
> displayed, overwriting the minibuffer prompt, which is indeed confusing.

What is...  the heirarKey menu?  :-)

Anyway, I've always thought that the `M-o' thing is massively unuseful.
Any chance of removing it from the global keymap?  :-)

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