# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 1043523916 0
# Node ID fea7066c9e82b0e088733691116abcbece0a8d2f
# Parent  3f0a84732a62b10b960f093aff9a49d6fb68f648
Document that a symbol can act as a keymap.

diff -r 3f0a84732a62 -r fea7066c9e82 lispref/keymaps.texi
--- a/lispref/keymaps.texi	Sat Jan 25 19:44:24 2003 +0000
+++ b/lispref/keymaps.texi	Sat Jan 25 19:45:16 2003 +0000
@@ -103,8 +103,9 @@
 
   A keymap is a list whose @sc{car} is the symbol @code{keymap}.  The
 remaining elements of the list define the key bindings of the keymap.
-Use the function @code{keymapp} (see below) to test whether an object is
-a keymap.
+A symbol whose function definition is a keymap is also a keymap.  Use
+the function @code{keymapp} (see below) to test whether an object is a
+keymap.
 
   Several kinds of elements may appear in a keymap, after the symbol
 @code{keymap} that begins it:
@@ -202,7 +203,8 @@
 @defun keymapp object
 This function returns @code{t} if @var{object} is a keymap, @code{nil}
 otherwise.  More precisely, this function tests for a list whose
-@sc{car} is @code{keymap}.
+@sc{car} is @code{keymap}, or for a symbol whose function definition
+satisfies @code{keymapp}.
 
 @example
 @group
@@ -210,6 +212,11 @@
     @result{} t
 @end group
 @group
+(fset 'foo '(keymap))
+(keymapp 'foo)
+    @result{} t
+@end group
+@group
 (keymapp (current-global-map))
     @result{} t
 @end group