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Re: Proper way to add bindings under C-x 8
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: Proper way to add bindings under C-x 8 |
Date: |
Sun, 11 Apr 2021 09:45:28 +0300 |
> 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.