bug#12535: 24.2.50; [PATCH] `edmacro-parse-keys' is incorrect for M-<TAB>

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2020 10:22:13 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> Cc: drew.adams@oracle.com, npostavs@gmail.com, 12535@debbugs.gnu.org,
>         larsi@gnus.org
> 
> That's the point - why are we interpreting <TAB> as a
> function key

Because that's what <foo> means.

> Are you sure there are no keyboards, or there won't be any,
> that have a function key named Esc or ESC, Ret or RET, Del
> or DEL, etc.?

Yes.

> My keyboard has a key labeled "Esc", but presumably it
> sends an ASCII ESC code.  I understand that my keyboard
> key labeled doesn't send an ASCII TAB code, but Emacs
> calls it <tab>, not <TAB>.
> 
> Something seems pretty arbitrary, here...  Hysterical
> raisins or real logic?

It's how the GUI environments work.

> Why is TAB the odd man out?

It isn't.