Re: kbd macro does not evaluate its parameter

[Le Wang]

Oops.  Sorry, this was meant for the bug list.

On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 9:29 AM, Le Wang <l26wang@gmail.com> wrote:
> From stackoverflow:
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7549628/whats-wrong-with-the-following-unbind-script/7549825#7549825
>
> User tries:
>
>  (dolist (abcc '("C-a" "C-b"))
>    (global-unset-key (kbd abcc)))
>
> Which fails.
>
> (defmacro kbd (keys)
>  "Convert KEYS to the internal Emacs key representation.
> KEYS should be a string constant in the format used for
> saving keyboard macros (see `edmacro-mode')."
>  (read-kbd-macro keys))
>
> kbd should evaluate its parameter before calling the read-kbd-macro
> function.  Its parameter types should all be self evaluating.
>
> --
> Le
>



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Le