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[Stephane Payrard <address@hidden>]

On Sat, 09 Feb 2002, Stephane Payrard wrote:

> I am reading the keyboard.tm documentation and I am still at a loss
> when doing some operation, The reason is probably is that some
> vocabulary is introduced without explanation: macro, function,
> quote...
> 
> Worse some is incorrect:
> ESC-i-s does not introduce a symbol
> 
> As an example, I try to reproduce a boxed key by typing an appropriate
> key sequence.  So I type esc-i-e-k-e-y-|-a to get a boxed a. But the a is
> not treated as a literal and I get:

I needed to type TAB to insert an argument. Probably typing | is more
intuitive so I forgot about the TAB

> 
> <apply|key|a>
> 
> which is pasted BTW as:
> 
> <apply|key\|a>
> 
> I tried many variation with no luck.  I think that such a terse
> documentation is a major impediment to master TeXmacs. And the
> frustration is proportional to the expectations. :)
> 
> -- 
> Stéphane Payrard -- s.payrard@@wanadoo.fr
> 
> # mailstat
> Most people don't type their own logfiles;  but, what do I care?
> 

-- 
Stéphane Payrard -- s.payrard@@wanadoo.fr

# mailstat
Most people don't type their own logfiles;  but, what do I care?