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| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 2001-11-02 07:11:18 +0000 |
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| committer | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 2001-11-02 07:11:18 +0000 |
| commit | 6a0f8bed68b3669fce098382e161ca43ebefe6c2 (patch) | |
| tree | 6c6efe7d8e3dab1f49c6abdf74e06535b9c07d07 | |
| parent | 998d7b3bf6b1d4c318eddf9a07a2ad4dd3db3bb6 (diff) | |
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Explain why a parent for a non-sparse keymap is not useful.
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diff --git a/lispref/keymaps.texi b/lispref/keymaps.texi index 8dfd2db8dfc..c087b968793 100644 --- a/lispref/keymaps.texi +++ b/lispref/keymaps.texi @@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ new parent keymaps that reflect what @var{parent} specifies for those 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 @@ from @code{text-mode-map}: 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 |