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changeset 40646:6123edb0c45e
Explain why a parent for a non-sparse keymap is not useful.
| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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| date | Fri, 02 Nov 2001 07:11:18 +0000 |
| parents | d514b33721f2 |
| children | e673a8c97e47 |
| files | lispref/keymaps.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/lispref/keymaps.texi Fri Nov 02 07:10:30 2001 +0000 +++ b/lispref/keymaps.texi Fri Nov 02 07:11:18 2001 +0000 @@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ prefix keys. @end defun -Here is an example showing how to make a keymap that inherits + Here is an example showing how to make a keymap that inherits from @code{text-mode-map}: @example @@ -342,6 +342,12 @@ 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