GNU bug report logs - #9751
23.3; Alternative Keyboard Feature/Bug

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Message #26 received at 9751 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: lekktu <at> gmail.com, 9751 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Nikos Pitsianis <nikos <at> cs.duke.edu>
Subject: Re: bug#9751: 23.3; Alternative Keyboard Feature/Bug
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 03:12:31 +0300

>> What is the way in emacs to alias Ctr-chi to Ctr-x ?
>
> I'd do it in input-decode-map:
>
>   (define-key input-decode-map [?\C-χ] [?\C-x])
>   (define-key input-decode-map [?\C-ψ] [?\C-s])

The problem is that this method doesn't work for self-inserting characters,
i.e. to be able to handle keybindings that contain characters without
modifiers like e.g. `C-x b' we can't use

  (define-key input-decode-map [?β] [?b])

because it will translate all plain self-inserting characters,
and this is not desirable.

So users have to bother about rebinding all keybindings individually like

  (define-key input-decode-map [?\C-χ ?β] [?\C-x ?b])
  ...

I have no idea how to cover all keybindings automatically.

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