bug#6861: 24.0.50; Scroll lock not bound

[Stefan Kangas]

Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se> writes:

> David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> writes:
>
>> I tried using the Scroll Lock Key, and got an error telling me it is
>> unbound.  I figured out there was a library scroll-lock and loaded it.
>> The Scroll Lock Key still was unbound, though calling scroll-lock-mode
>> did what I would have expected to be on the scroll lock key.
>>
>> I suggest putting an appropriate autoloaded default global key
>> definition on the Scroll Lock Key, since nothing is gained by not
>> binding it to something useful.  If a user happens to have his own
>> different definition, this will override the default anyway.
>
> That sounds reasonable to me.  It should be a small job to do it.
> Does anyone disagree with such a change?

If there are no objections, I'll install the attached patch in a couple of days.
I've also included a NEWS entry for this change.

Thanks,
Stefan Kangas

0001-Bind-Scroll-Lock-to-scroll-lock-mode-globally.patch
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