Can't insert “<” when writing message with Gnus after enable BBDB

Question

I enable BBDB as below

  (el-get-bundle! bbdb
    (defun ec--bbdb-initialize ()
      (flyspell-mode t)
      (bbdb-initialize 'message)
      (bbdb-initialize 'gnus)
      (local-set-key "<TAB>" 'bbdb-complete-name))

    (add-hook 'message-mode-hook #'ec--bbdb-initialize)
    )

When I try to write message in Gnus after press a in a group. I can't insert < char. Because it is define as Prefix Command. But I can't find where it is defined in BBDB package.

The reason I think it is the issue related to BBDB is when I comments the code above in my config file, I can insert < char and it is not show as Prefix Command in describe-bindings.

Doesn't anyone know how to fix it?

Answer 1

You can pretty much always insert any character using C-q: C-q <. I'd be surprised if that didn't work in your context. (Of course, often there is an easier, more direct way to insert a given character.)