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authorRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>2006-02-08 00:26:37 +0000
committerRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>2006-02-08 00:26:37 +0000
commit91055930f5260b0d5e36e8512f209b9cc211c8b8 (patch)
tree7c9a9c8c9de79748b3d4a537ab8c4a5d90759987
parent5a579270ae0be63d881ffa9d93f1ba4fc41aa039 (diff)
downloademacs-91055930f5260b0d5e36e8512f209b9cc211c8b8.tar.gz
(Key Lookup): Clarify wrt commands vs other functions.
(Changing Key Bindings): Clarify when remapping is better than substitute-key-definition.
-rw-r--r--lispref/keymaps.texi12
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lispref/keymaps.texi b/lispref/keymaps.texi
index f73f8d3b7a4..b7bc34ece84 100644
--- a/lispref/keymaps.texi
+++ b/lispref/keymaps.texi
@@ -933,8 +933,10 @@ is a keymap, and is treated as a keymap (see above).
@item
@cindex @code{lambda} in keymap
If the @sc{car} of @var{list} is @code{lambda}, then the list is a
-lambda expression. This is presumed to be a command, and is treated as
-such (see above).
+lambda expression. This is presumed to be a function, and is treated
+as such (see above). In order to execute properly as a key binding,
+this function must be a command---it must have an @code{interactive}
+specification. @xref{Defining Commands}.
@item
If the @sc{car} of @var{list} is a keymap and the @sc{cdr} is an event
@@ -1282,9 +1284,9 @@ default global map.
The function @code{substitute-key-definition} scans a keymap for
keys that have a certain binding and rebinds them with a different
-binding. Another feature you can use for similar effects, but which
-is often cleaner, is to add a binding that remaps a command
-(@pxref{Remapping Commands}).
+binding. Another feature which is cleaner and can often produce the
+same results to remap one command into another (@pxref{Remapping
+Commands}).
@defun substitute-key-definition olddef newdef keymap &optional oldmap
@cindex replace bindings