Re: repeatable vs. non-repeatable commands

[Michael Heerdegen]

Emanuel Berg <moasen@zoho.com> writes:

> (define-prefix-command        'C-o-prefix)
> (global-set-key        "\C-o" 'C-o-prefix)
>
> (global-set-key "\C-od" (lambda () (interactive) (message "d")))
> (global-set-key "\C-oD" (lambda () (interactive) (message "D")))
>
> ... no?

That only solves the easy part (defining a prefix key), but not the
hard.  The heard part is:

  (global-set-key "\C-od" #'the-function)

should make C-o d d message "d" two times.  But with the same named
command, binding

  (global-set-key "\C-D" #'the-function)

(that is, control-shift-d) should not make typing C-D d message "d" two
times.  Instead, only C-D should call the command, and the following d
is not special (i.e. calls self-insert-command).  That means, I need to
decide whether I have to establish a transient map in the body of
`the-function' base on the keys hit, and how I can do that correctly is
my question.


Thanks,

Michael.