kbd vs read-key-sequence

[Juanma Barranquero]

I'm trying to bind a key which includes the character º (that's U+00BA
[MASCULINE ORDINAL INDICATOR], which is easy to access in a Spanish
keyboard).

ELISP> (event-basic-type (aref (kbd "C-M-º") 0))
2234

;; Now we type C-M-º
ELISP> (event-basic-type (aref (read-key-sequence "Try: ") 0))
186

ELISP> ?º
2234

ELISP> (format "%04X" 186)
"00BA"

This makes things interesting, because

(global-set-key (kbd "C-M-º") 'my-command)

produces a binding which is not recognized by `describe-key'.

            Juanma