Re: Proper way to add bindings under C-x 8

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Howard Melman <hmelman@gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2021 17:35:07 -0400
> 
> >>     (global-set-key (kbd "C-x 8 1 / 5") (lambda () (interactive) (insert 
> >> "⅕")))
> >>     (global-set-key (kbd "C-x 8 e c") (lambda () (interactive) (insert 
> >> "✅")))
> >
> > I think you want to use iso-transl-define-keys.
> 
> Great, that worked just fine.  Shouldn't it be mentioned in
> one of the manuals?  The preferred idioms for customizing
> other keys are.

It's an obscure use case, and we don't necessarily document everything
in the manuals: that would make then too large.

In general, you are well advised to read the source code when the
documentation is missing or unclear.  That's what I did to answer your
question.