Re: global-set-key, error: Invalid modifier in string

[Stefan Monnier]

> I have this macro at the top of my ~/.emacs so that I don't have to
> think about this mess anymore:

>     (defmacro global-defkey (key def)
>       "*Bind KEY globally to DEF.
>     KEY should be a string constant in the format used for
>     saving keyboard macros (cf. `insert-kbd-macro')."
>       `(global-set-key (kbd ,key) ,def))

> Use it as in:

>     (global-defkey "C-M-<backspace>" 'backward-kill-sexp)

I prefer to solve this issue by saying that key combos are not characters and
hence key sequences are not strings.
So I recommend to use the array notation instead, which also happens to be
the "native" notation.


        Stefan