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describe-key doesn't report keypad key names correctly


From: Dan Jacobson
Subject: describe-key doesn't report keypad key names correctly
Date: 02 Jun 2001 12:44:27 +0800
User-agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) Emacs/20.7

Type C-h k kp-insert C-h k insert.
Notice in the *Help* window it says
"insert runs the command overwrite-mode"
for both of them when it should say
"kp-insert runs the command overwrite-mode"
for the first one.

This also affects describe-key-briefly and the prompt of
global-set-key, but not view-lossage.

OK, if view-lossage can differentiate two different keys, why can't
the rest of emacs?  [the key labeled "insert" and the key on the
numeric keypad labeled "0 ins".]

Uh oh, looks like I'm not grasping some basic reality here.  I looked
in the C-h F FAQ but it was talking about emacs 19...

Wait, in /usr/share/emacs/20.7/lisp/term/README there's some kind of
warning.  All I wanted to do was to bind other-window to keypad 5...
I even used term-setup-hook ... never mind.  I suppose the f1..f12
keys are easier to colonize.
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