Re: How to distinguish character from noncharacter input events?

[Kai Grossjohann]

Joe Fineman <jcf@TheWorld.com> writes:

> Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
>
>> What's your definition of a "character event"?
>
> As a practical matter, it means an event that will not give the error
> message "non-character input event" when read-char encounters it.

Use condition-case, call read-char and catch the error.  That will
tell you whether read-char gives the error message.

Kai