Re: Terminal or keyboard decoding system?

[Stefan Monnier]

>> BTW, why use `read-char-exclusive` rather than, say, `read-event`?
> Fantastic catch! I did not know that `read-event` could be used here;
> after replacing `read-char-exclusive` with `read-event`, two days of
> emacs use has not resulted in the keystroke interleaving problem.
> Why does this work better?

I have no idea and I suspect noone else does either :-(

>>> 1. Is modifying input-decode-map and key-translation-map the right
>>>    approach?
>> Yes (tho `key-translation-map` is better avoided, but sometimes it's
>> the only option).
> Why should it be avoided? I haven't run into any issues, but it'd be
> good to know.

Because it applies after `function-key-map`, and the interaction between
the two can be ... disappointing in corner cases.


        Stefan