; * doc/lispref/commands.texi (Event Mod): Add motivation (bug#70596).

(cherry picked from commit b392169e541a29178d7ae20f329d48b3d2bd78cf)

diff --git a/doc/lispref/commands.texi b/doc/lispref/commands.texi
index ea6e84e3730f278e1f15822f87b1a60908878dae..e743038a778b840412b0d8976c3990d34c0ffa39 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/lispref/commands.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/commands.texi
@@ -3763,7 +3763,10 @@ character as far as keyboard translation is concerned, but it has the
 same usual meaning.
 
   @xref{Translation Keymaps}, for mechanisms that translate event sequences
-at the level of @code{read-key-sequence}.
+at the level of @code{read-key-sequence}.  If you need to translate
+input events that are not characters (i.e., @code{characterp} returns
+@code{nil} for them), you must use the event translation mechanism
+described there.
 
 @node Invoking the Input Method
 @subsection Invoking the Input Method