as such (see above). In order to execute properly as a key binding,
this function must be a command---it must have an @code{interactive}
specification. @xref{Defining Commands}.
-
-@item
-If the @sc{car} of @var{list} is a keymap and the @sc{cdr} is an event
-type, then this is an @dfn{indirect entry}:
-
-@example
-(@var{othermap} . @var{othertype})
-@end example
-
-When key lookup encounters an indirect entry, it looks up instead the
-binding of @var{othertype} in @var{othermap} and uses that.
-
-This feature permits you to define one key as an alias for another key.
-For example, an entry whose @sc{car} is the keymap called @code{esc-map}
-and whose @sc{cdr} is 32 (the code for @key{SPC}) means, ``Use the global
-binding of @kbd{Meta-@key{SPC}}, whatever that may be''.
@end itemize
@item @var{symbol}
The function definition of @var{symbol} is used in place of
@var{symbol}. If that too is a symbol, then this process is repeated,
any number of times. Ultimately this should lead to an object that is
-a keymap, a command, or a keyboard macro. A list is allowed if it is a
-keymap or a command, but indirect entries are not understood when found
-via symbols.
+a keymap, a command, or a keyboard macro.
Note that keymaps and keyboard macros (strings and vectors) are not
valid functions, so a symbol with a keymap, string, or vector as its
@end table
In short, a keymap entry may be a keymap, a command, a keyboard
-macro, a symbol that leads to one of them, or an indirection or
-@code{nil}.
+macro, a symbol that leads to one of them, or @code{nil}.
@node Functions for Key Lookup
@section Functions for Key Lookup
characters) are preferred to all other key sequences and that the
return value can never be a menu binding.
-If @var{noindirect} is non-@code{nil}, @code{where-is-internal} doesn't
-follow indirect keymap bindings. This makes it possible to search for
-an indirect definition itself.
+If @var{noindirect} is non-@code{nil}, @code{where-is-internal} doesn't look
+inside menu-items to find their commands. This makes it possible to search for
+a menu-item itself.
The fifth argument, @var{no-remap}, determines how this function
treats command remappings (@pxref{Remapping Commands}). There are two