Re: key binding with windows and menu keys

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 16.08.2005 um 15:21 schrieb Angelina Carlton:

> > Is C-h k <Windows key+another key> returns just <another key>?
>
> For me it returns: ~
> That is, if I press win-logo in a writable buffer, it prints a ~ and
> beeps my terminal. If the buffer is not writable it simply beeps.

For me it's not clear whether you really press two keys ...

The Windows key is presumed to be some modifier key, like Shift, Meta, 
Control, super, or hyper. (It does not work alone, only when pressed 
with one another non-modifier key.) What this key is doing is easy to 
find out: in *scratch* buffer C-q <Windows key>. It there is nothing 
coming, i.e. you see in minibuffer C-q- constantly, then it *is* a 
modifier key (press <any key> to finish input). You can now go to check 
what input is produced when you press C-q <Windows key+another key> ...

If you see something like ESC [ 2 5 ~ then your keyboard is in some 
ANSI/vt keyboard mode. lisp/term/lk201.el already contains a definition 
for that key:

        (define-key function-key-map "\e[25~" [f13])

So you should try to load/require that ELisp file in .emacs (if it does 
not get loaded automatically; check the *Messages* buffer for that). 
Then you have that key defined as f13. Now you can bind f13 to some 
function ...

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