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 `@key'{KEY-NAME}
 ----------------
 
   Use the `@key' command for the conventional name for a key on a
 keyboard, as in:
 
      @key{RET}
 
   You can use the `@key' command within the argument of an `@kbd'
 command when the sequence of characters to be typed includes one or
 more keys that are described by name.
 
   For example, to produce `C-x <ESC>' you would type:
 
      @kbd{C-x @key{ESC}}
 
   Here is a list of the recommended names for keys:
 
     SPC
           Space
 
     RET
           Return
 
     LFD
           Linefeed (however, since most keyboards nowadays do not have
           a Linefeed key, it might be better to call this character
           `C-j'.
 
     TAB
           Tab
 
     BS
           Backspace
 
     ESC
           Escape
 
     DEL
           Delete
 
     SHIFT
           Shift
 
     CTRL
           Control
 
     META
           Meta
 
   There are subtleties to handling words like `meta' or `ctrl' that are
 names of modifier keys.  When mentioning a character in which the
 modifier key is used, such as `Meta-a', use the `@kbd' command alone;
 do not use the `@key' command; but when you are referring to the
 modifier key in isolation, use the `@key' command.  For example, write
 `@kbd{Meta-a}' to produce `Meta-a' and `@key{META}' to produce <META>.
 

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