Re: Pretest next week

[Adrian Robert]

On Jan 24, 2009, at 10:43 AM, Adrian Robert wrote:

> On Jan 22, 2009, at 9:33 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote:
>
> > > 1) Complete removal of all Feval() calls in bad places as  
> > > discussed earlier
> > > on this list.  A quick check reveals four places, relating  to:  
> > > emacs
> > > termination, deadkey input handling, toolbar toggle, and   
> > > preferences-help.
> >
> > > - Mostly straightforward (but taking some time) by using custom
> > > nonascii-keystroke' events,
> >
> > Sound right.
> >
> > > except for the case of input-method handling when in isearch mode,
> > > where passing such an event breaks out of the isearch entry; I could
> > > use some help on this.
> >
> > Most likely those events should not be handled by the global-map, but
> > instead either directly by the C code (e.g. in  
> > kbd_buffer_get_event), or
> > via special-event-map, or via input-decode-map.
>
> I tried using special-event-map, following the example of delete- 
> frame, but I still get a "Wrong type argument: commandp, ns-echo- 
> working-text"  message.  I'm trying to get ns-echo-working-text  
> called non-interactively so it can make some text changes in the  
> echo area.  Is there any way to do this?

Never mind, after more experimentation it seems that having an  
interactive function is needed and OK now -- the problem w/putting  
text in the echo area must be a difference between going through the  
special-event-map and NONASCII_KEYSTROKE.  I will try to clean up the  
patch below and repost before submitting.