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Explain why a parent for a non-sparse keymap is not useful.

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Richard M. Stallman 2001-11-02 07:11:18 +00:00
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@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ new parent keymaps that reflect what @var{parent} specifies for those
prefix keys.
@end defun
Here is an example showing how to make a keymap that inherits
Here is an example showing how to make a keymap that inherits
from @code{text-mode-map}:
@example
@ -342,6 +342,12 @@ from @code{text-mode-map}:
map)
@end example
A non-sparse keymap can have a parent too, but this is not very
useful. A non-sparse keymap always specifies something as the binding
for every numeric character code without modifier bits, even if it is
@code{nil}, so these character's bindings are never inherited from
the parent keymap.
@node Prefix Keys
@section Prefix Keys
@cindex prefix key