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24.0.90; doc of :key-sequence

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 9898 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#9898: 24.0.90; doc of :key-sequence
Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2014 21:58:41 -0800

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> (elisp) Extended Menu Items
>
> "`:key-sequence nil'
>  This property indicates that there is normally no key binding
>  which is equivalent to this menu item.  Using this property saves
>  time in preparing the menu for display, because Emacs does not
>  need to search the keymaps for a keyboard equivalent for this menu
>  item.
>
>  However, if the user has rebound this item's definition to a key
>  sequence, Emacs ignores the `:keys' property and finds the keyboard
>  equivalent anyway."
>
> Should that `:keys' be `:key-sequence'?  Since when do we override :keys
> with whatever the command is bound to?

Looking at the code, it looks to me that the documentation is wrong
here.  But I might be wrong.  The function in question that uses this
stuff is `easy-menu-convert-item-1'.  Somebody should take a look and
decide.

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