Re: Shift Tab should move backward in help buffers

[Stefan Monnier]

>> The answer is (as has been mentioned on this list a while back) that
>> terminal-escape-sequences should not be handled with function-key-map but
>> with a new map placed before function-key-map (and applied unconditionally,
>> like key-translation-map but unlike function-key-map).

> Does the other thread talk about other bugs that would be fixed?

Yes, tho I can't offhand remember which ones.  It may have to do with the
C-x 8 thingy, or maybe with terminal coding systems that use ESC sequences,
but I really can't remember.

> Richard didn't seem to like the idea of adding a new feature for this,
> but it _sounds_ pretty simple (to add an unconditional translation
> layer), and if it fixes other bugs too... well... I dunno.

I'd rather postpone all this to post-22.1.  I've been impatiently waiting
for the next major Emacs release for several years now and we have more than
plenty new features already.


        Stefan