From 1c0bc1ccd85615bcc26409ee047513e9e26f108e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2020 16:53:14 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Improve documentation of special events * doc/lispref/commands.texi (Misc Events): Explain how to bind special events to commands. --- doc/lispref/commands.texi | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/lispref/commands.texi b/doc/lispref/commands.texi index d25f0093618..25f657404f3 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/commands.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/commands.texi @@ -1845,6 +1845,13 @@ is, after a prefix key---then Emacs reorders the events so that this event comes either before or after the multi-event key sequence, not within it. + Some of these special events, such as @code{delete-frame}, invoke +Emacs commands by default; others are not bound. If you want to +arrange for a special event to invoke a command, you can do that via +@code{special-event-map}. The command you bind to a function key in +that map can then examine the full event which invoked it in +@code{last-input-event}. @xref{Special Events}. + @node Event Examples @subsection Event Examples -- 2.39.5