# HG changeset patch # User Richard M. Stallman # Date 1137720273 0 # Node ID b8f70fb57576dba26008aa7b285df29e39ce4901 # Parent c1db0575443124cb8809ce9b8075ae2f02ee48d0 (Key Sequence Input): Clarify. Move num-nonmacro-input-events out. (Reading One Event): num-nonmacro-input-events moved here. diff -r c1db05754431 -r b8f70fb57576 lispref/commands.texi --- a/lispref/commands.texi Fri Jan 20 01:22:07 2006 +0000 +++ b/lispref/commands.texi Fri Jan 20 01:24:33 2006 +0000 @@ -2074,6 +2074,9 @@ events---characters, symbols, and lists. The elements of the string or vector are the events in the key sequence. +Reading a key sequence includes translating the events in various +ways. @xref{Translating Input}. + The argument @var{prompt} is either a string to be displayed in the echo area as a prompt, or @code{nil}, meaning not to display a prompt. The argument @var{continue-echo}, if non-@code{nil}, means to echo @@ -2097,8 +2100,8 @@ after another. It should be @code{nil} if the caller will read just one key sequence. -In the example below, the prompt @samp{?} is displayed in the echo area, -and the user types @kbd{C-x C-f}. +In the following example, Emacs displays the prompt @samp{?} in the +echo area, and then the user types @kbd{C-x C-f}. @example (read-key-sequence "?") @@ -2173,11 +2176,6 @@ and key sequences read from keyboard macros being executed. @end defvar -@defvar num-nonmacro-input-events -This variable holds the total number of input events received so far -from the terminal---not counting those generated by keyboard macros. -@end defvar - @node Reading One Event @subsection Reading One Event @cindex reading a single event @@ -2265,6 +2263,11 @@ gets a character. The arguments work as in @code{read-event}. @end defun +@defvar num-nonmacro-input-events +This variable holds the total number of input events received so far +from the terminal---not counting those generated by keyboard macros. +@end defvar + @node Invoking the Input Method @subsection Invoking the Input Method