emacs-29 b392169e541: ; * doc/lispref/commands.texi (Event Mod): Add motivation (bug#70596).

[Eli Zaretskii]

branch: emacs-29
commit b392169e541a29178d7ae20f329d48b3d2bd78cf
Author: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Commit: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>

    ; * doc/lispref/commands.texi (Event Mod): Add motivation (bug#70596).
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 doc/lispref/commands.texi | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/lispref/commands.texi b/doc/lispref/commands.texi
index dfb20cd807b..82bc6834142 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/commands.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/commands.texi
@@ -3420,7 +3420,10 @@ character as far as keyboard translation is concerned, 
but it has the
 same usual meaning.
 
   @xref{Translation Keymaps}, for mechanisms that translate event sequences
-at the level of @code{read-key-sequence}.
+at the level of @code{read-key-sequence}.  If you need to translate
+input events that are not characters (i.e., @code{characterp} returns
+@code{nil} for them), you must use the event translation mechanism
+described there.
 
 @node Invoking the Input Method
 @subsection Invoking the Input Method