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Explain why a parent for a non-sparse keymap is not useful.

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If @var{keymap} has submaps (bindings for prefix keys), they too receive
new parent keymaps that reflect what @var{parent} specifies for those
prefix keys.
@end defun

Here is an example showing how to make a keymap that inherits
from @code{text-mode-map}:

@example
(let ((map (make-sparse-keymap)))
  (set-keymap-parent map text-mode-map)
  map)
@end example

@node Prefix Keys
@section Prefix Keys
@cindex prefix key

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If @var{keymap} has submaps (bindings for prefix keys), they too receive
new parent keymaps that reflect what @var{parent} specifies for those
prefix keys.
@end defun

   Here is an example showing how to make a keymap that inherits
from @code{text-mode-map}:

@example
(let ((map (make-sparse-keymap)))
  (set-keymap-parent map text-mode-map)
  map)
@end example

  A non-sparse keymap can have a parent too, but this is not very
useful.  A non-sparse keymap always specifies something as the binding
for every numeric character code without modifier bits, even if it is
@code{nil}, so these character's bindings are never inherited from
the parent keymap.

@node Prefix Keys
@section Prefix Keys
@cindex prefix key