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@@ -1145,11 +1145,11 @@ Lisp programs by representing the former as the integer 9, and the
latter as the symbol @code{tab}.
Most of the time, it's not useful to distinguish the two. So normally
-@code{function-key-map} (@pxref{Translation Keymaps}) is set up to map
-@code{tab} into 9. Thus, a key binding for character code 9 (the
-character @kbd{C-i}) also applies to @code{tab}. Likewise for the other
-symbols in this group. The function @code{read-char} likewise converts
-these events into characters.
+@code{local-function-key-map} (@pxref{Translation Keymaps}) is set up
+to map @code{tab} into 9. Thus, a key binding for character code 9
+(the character @kbd{C-i}) also applies to @code{tab}. Likewise for
+the other symbols in this group. The function @code{read-char}
+likewise converts these events into characters.
In @acronym{ASCII}, @key{BS} is really @kbd{C-h}. But @code{backspace}
converts into the character code 127 (@key{DEL}), not into code 8
@@ -2438,10 +2438,11 @@ the keyboard, and has no effect on mouse events or any other events.
@end defvar
@defvar keyboard-translate-table
-This variable is the translate table for keyboard characters. It lets
-you reshuffle the keys on the keyboard without changing any command
-bindings. Its value is normally a char-table, or else @code{nil}.
-(It can also be a string or vector, but this is considered obsolete.)
+This terminal-local variable is the translate table for keyboard
+characters. It lets you reshuffle the keys on the keyboard without
+changing any command bindings. Its value is normally a char-table, or
+else @code{nil}. (It can also be a string or vector, but this is
+considered obsolete.)
If @code{keyboard-translate-table} is a char-table
(@pxref{Char-Tables}), then each character read from the keyboard is