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Re: Key-binding without minor mode!


From: Stefan Monnier
Subject: Re: Key-binding without minor mode!
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 12:56:37 -0400
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4.50 (gnu/linux)

> I am confused then. Should the major mode be binding to \t always then,
> and never [tab]? In which case, what is the point of being able to bind
> to [tab]?

The major mode should only bind to [tab] if it wants to behave
differently under a GUI than under a tty (which seems highly unlikely),
or if it does not care to work under a tty and wants to distinguish the
TAB key from the C-i key.


        Stefan



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