Re: Key binding syntax

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 11.04.2005 um 23:22 schrieb Greg Novak:

> I'm having a difficult time rebinding Shift-tab or Control tab.

You have some easy choices to do it right!

1. Just type 'M-x global-set-key RET C-TAB RET <function> RET'. Now the 
key has a binding, but you want to know which. So type again: 'M-x 
repeat-complex-command C-a C-k C-g C-x f ~/.emacs RET C-y' or 'C-x ESC 
ESC C-a C-k C-g C-x f ~/.emacs RET C-y' -- got it? When you invoke 
repeat-complex-command the cursor warps into the minibuffer. There you 
can go to the beginning of the line and kill it. To kill the active 
minibuffer send it a keyboard-quit. Now open .emacs and yank the killed 
into it!

2. Describe-key, C-h k, describes more exactly what the key does. To 
retrieve its key-code invoke again repeat-complex-command and copy it 
out of the minibuffer for use in .emacs.

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  Pete

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