(kbd) for key bindings (was: editor for large xml files?)

[Steve Revilak]

> From: Tassilo Horn <address@hidden>

> IMO, the recommended style for making keybindings should be `kbd', which
> is available in Emacs, XEmacs, and SXEmacs.
>
> So your 2 definitions would become:
>
>  (global-set-key (kbd "<C-kp-divide>") 'My-Command)
>  (global-set-key (kbd "C-x c")         'My-Other-Command)
>
> That's quite easy to read and write (you can simply insert the string
> describe-key outputs as argument to `kbd'), and it hides how an
> implementation represents the key sequences internally.

I'd never heard of (kbd) before, but I like that representation a lot.
It's the same syntax that describe-key outputs, and it's also the same
syntax that people use when writing about emacs key bindings (e.g.,
the emacs tutorial).  If you understand what "C-x C-f" means, then you
basically know how to supply arguments to kbd.

Steve
(who just re-wrote all of his custom key bindings)

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