Re: binding f12

[Jai Dayal]

After restarting my macbook, [f12] works (didn't make any changes with the .emacs file between restarts).  strange.

Jai

On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 4:52 PM, Jai Dayal <dayalsoap@gmail.com> wrote:

Thank you for the response.

I do try it with [f12] and when pressing f12, it still says <f12> is undefined. 

emacs version 24.1.1

On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 4:49 PM, Jeremiah Dodds <jeremiah.dodds@gmail.com> wrote:

Jai Dayal <dayalsoap@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi, I'm trying to bind f12 to compile. In my .emacs file, i do
>
> (global-set-key "f12" 'compile)
>
> however, every time I press f12, it says <f12> is undefined
>
> How do I specify f keys for global-set-key in the .emacs file?
>
> Jai
>
>

(global-set-key [f12] 'compile)

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