Re: confusion with defining keys

[Emanuel Berg]

Emanuel Berg <embe8573@student.uu.se> writes:

> Check out the below experimentation:
>
> (global-set-key (kbd "RET") 'newline-and-indent) ;
> works (global-set-key "\r" 'newline-and-indent) ; works
> (global-set-key [RET] 'newline-and-indent) ; (error "To
> bind the key RET, use \"\\r\", not [RET]")
>
> (global-set-key (kbd "M-SPC") 'eat-space) ; works
> (global-set-key "\M- " 'eat-space) ; works
> (global-set-key [M-SPC] 'eat-space) ; (error "To bind
> the key M-SPC, use \"\\M- \", not [M-SPC]")

TAB also behaves like that (should be "\t") as well as
different combinations, e.g., "\M-\r" instead of
[M-R**] (but (kbd "M-RET") is fine).

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