Re: does function-key-map work?

[Kevin Rodgers]

Sam Steingold wrote:
> GNU Emacs 22.0.50.2 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars)
>  of 2006-02-07 on quant8
>
> my "window" key is the "super" modifier,
> and "meta" is hijacked by the window manager,
> so I use this:
> (define-key function-key-map [(super ? )] [(meta ? )])
>
> and I see (C-h c runs the command describe-key-briefly):
> M-SPC (translated from s-SPC) runs the command just-one-space
> which is what I want.
> alas, when I actually hit "window-key -- space", I get this error
> message:
> M-SPC is undefined
>
> what's going on?!

I don't know, but I think you might by misusing function-key-map.  Have
you tried (keyboard-translate ?\s-\  ?\M-\ )

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Kevin Rodgers