Re: What is the purpose of "To bind the key M-DEL, use "\M\d", not M-DEL"

[Stephen Leake]

Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:

>     If you do
>
>       (global-set-key [M-DEL] nil)
>
>     you get the error in the subject line.
>
> DEL is not a meaningful function key since function key symbols are
> lower case.  So this has to be an error.
>
> At the Lisp level it is better to teach Lisp programmers the correct
> rules than to try to DWIM.

(global-set-key [M-del] nil)

works, and you seem to imply that is the correct syntax, or at least
acceptable syntax.

perhaps the error message should suggest "M-del" instead of "\M\d"?

Also, all references to M-del in the various help messages quoted in
this thread are "M-DEL"; should they be "M-del" instead? Or "\M\d"?

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-- Stephe