Re: Howto: Bind Windows key as a prefix?

[Akib Azmain Turja <akib@disroot.org>]

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Akib Azmain Turja <akib@disroot.org> writes:

> "T.V Raman" <raman@google.com> writes:
>
>> On my laptop,
>> pressing windows-key+<c> says 
>> s-<c> is undefined for any <c>.
>>
>> M-x global-set-key RET
>> windows+<c> RET
>> command RET
>> binds windows-<c>
>> and asking where is <command> shows it as being on s-<c>.
>>
>> However calling global-set-key with "s-<c>" bombs with key-sequence
>> "s-<c>" starts with  non-prefix s"
>>
>> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Key sequence s - a starts with non-prefix key s")
>>   (define-key (keymap #^[nil nil keymap 
>> #^^[3 0 set-mark-command move-beginning-of-line backward-char mode-specific-command-prefix delete-char emacspeak-prefix-command forward-char keyboard-quit help-command indent-for-tab-command electric-newline-and-maybe-indent kill-line recenter-top-bottom newline next-line (keymap (32 . emacspeak-outline-speak-this-heading) (102 . emacspeak-outline-speak-forward-heading) (98 . emacspeak-outline-speak-backward-heading) (110 . emacspeak-outline-speak-next-heading) (112 . emacspeak-outline-speak-previous-heading) (111 . open-line) (13 . outline-insert-heading) (67108926 . outline-demote) (67108924 . outline-promote) (22 . outline-move-subtree-down) (30 . outline-move-subtree-up) (15 . outline-hide-other) (17 . outline-hide-sublevels) (11 . outline-show-branches) (12 . outline-hide-leaves) (5 . outline-show-entry) (3 . outline-hide-entry) (1 . outline-show-all) (20 . outline-hide-body) (2 . outline-backward-same-level) (6 . outline-forward-same-level) (21 . outline-up-heading) (4 . outline-hide-subtree) (19 . outline-show-subtree) (9 . outline-show-children) (16 . outline-previous-visible-heading) (14 . outline-next-visible-heading) (64 . outline-mark-subtree)) previous-line quoted-insert isearch-backward isearch-forward transpose-chars universal-argument scroll-up-command kill-region Control-X-prefix emacspeak-muggles-yank-pop/yank emacspeak-ctl-z-keymap ESC-prefix toggle-input-method abort-recursive-edit nil ...] #^^[1 0 #^^[2 0 
>> #^^[3 0 set-mark-command move-beginning-of-line backward-char mode-specific-command-prefix delete-char emacspeak-prefix-command forward-char keyboard-quit help-command indent-for-tab-command electric-newline-and-maybe-indent kill-line recenter-top-bottom newline next-line (keymap ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...) previous-line quoted-insert isearch-backward isearch-forward transpose-chars universal-argument scroll-up-command kill-region Control-X-prefix emacspeak-muggles-yank-pop/yank emacspeak-ctl-z-keymap ESC-prefix toggle-input-method abort-recursive-edit nil ...] self-insert-command self-insert-command self-insert-command self-insert-command self-insert-command self-insert-command self-insert-command self-insert-command self-insert-command self-insert-command self-insert-command self-insert-command self-insert-command self-insert-command self-insert-command self-insert-command self-insert-command self-insert-command self-insert-command self-insert-command self-insert-command self-insert-command self-insert-command self-insert-command self-insert-command self-insert-command self-insert-command self-insert-command self-insert-command self-insert-command ...] self-insert-command self-insert-command self-insert-command self-insert-command self-insert-command self-insert-command self-insert-command self-insert-command self-insert-command self-insert-command self-insert-command self-insert-command self-insert-command self-insert-command self-insert-command] self-insert-command self-insert-command self-insert-command self-insert-command self-insert-command self-insert-command self-insert-command self-insert-command self-insert-command self-insert-command self-insert-command self-insert-command self-insert-command self-insert-command self-insert-command self-insert-command self-insert-command self-insert-command self-insert-command self-insert-command self-insert-command self-insert-command self-insert-command self-insert-command self-insert-command self-insert-command self-insert-command ...] (8388716 . ansi-term) (8388640 . emacspeak-muggles-maths-navigator/body) (8388718 . emacspeak-muggles-navigate/body) (print . emacspeak-muggles-brightness/body) (f14 . kmacro-end-or-call-macro) (f13 . kmacro-start-macro-or-insert-counter) (S-mouse-3 . kmacro-end-call-mouse) (C-S-iso-lefttab . tab-previous) (C-S-tab . tab-previous) (C-tab . tab-next) (f5 . find-file) (remap keymap (dabbrev-expand . hippie-expand)) (silence . emacspeak-silence) (67108903 . emacspeak-multi-keymap) (67108923 . emacspeak-hyper-keymap) (67108910 . emacspeak-super-keymap) (67108908 . emacspeak-alt-keymap) (S-down . emacspeak-skip-blank-lines-forward) (S-up . emacspeak-skip-blank-lines-backward) (S-right . next-buffer) (S-left . previous-buffer) (XF86AudioRaiseVolume . amixer-volume-up) (XF86AudioLowerVolume . amixer-volume-down) (C-f2 . amixer-volume-down) (C-f1 . amixer-volume-up) (XF86AudioPlay . emacspeak-silence) (paste . clipboard-yank) (copy . clipboard-kill-ring-save) (cut . clipboard-kill-region) (f18 . clipboard-yank) ...) "s-a" ansi-term)
>>   (#f(compiled-function (key command) "Give KEY a global binding as COMMAND.\nThis is a legacy function; see `keymap-global-set' for the\nrecommended function to use instead.\n\nCOMMAND is the command definition to use; usually it is\na symbol naming an interactively-callable function.\nKEY is a key sequence; noninteractively, it is a string or vector\nof characters or event types, and non-ASCII characters with codes\nabove 127 (such as ISO Latin-1) can be included if you use a vector.\n\nNote that if KEY has a local binding in the current buffer,\nthat local binding will continue to shadow any global binding\nthat you make with this function." (interactive #f(compiled-function () #<bytecode 0x1c12d585360c8f11>)) #<bytecode 0xb0d11433d0335b6>) "s-a" ansi-term)
>>   (ad-Advice-global-set-key #f(compiled-function (key command) "Give KEY a global binding as COMMAND.\nThis is a legacy function; see `keymap-global-set' for the\nrecommended function to use instead.\n\nCOMMAND is the command definition to use; usually it is\na symbol naming an interactively-callable function.\nKEY is a key sequence; noninteractively, it is a string or vector\nof characters or event types, and non-ASCII characters with codes\nabove 127 (such as ISO Latin-1) can be included if you use a vector.\n\nNote that if KEY has a local binding in the current buffer,\nthat local binding will continue to shadow any global binding\nthat you make with this function." (interactive #f(compiled-function () #<bytecode 0x1c12d585360c8f11>)) #<bytecode 0xb0d11433d0335b6>) "s-a" ansi-term)
>>   (apply ad-Advice-global-set-key #f(compiled-function (key command) "Give KEY a global binding as COMMAND.\nThis is a legacy function; see `keymap-global-set' for the\nrecommended function to use instead.\n\nCOMMAND is the command definition to use; usually it is\na symbol naming an interactively-callable function.\nKEY is a key sequence; noninteractively, it is a string or vector\nof characters or event types, and non-ASCII characters with codes\nabove 127 (such as ISO Latin-1) can be included if you use a vector.\n\nNote that if KEY has a local binding in the current buffer,\nthat local binding will continue to shadow any global binding\nthat you make with this function." (interactive #f(compiled-function () #<bytecode 0x1c12d585360c8f11>)) #<bytecode 0xb0d11433d0335b6>) ("s-a" ansi-term))
>>   (global-set-key "s-a" ansi-term)
>>   (eval (global-set-key "s-a" 'ansi-term) t)
>>   (#f(compiled-function (exp &optional insert-value no-truncate char-print-limit) "Evaluate EXP and print value in the echo area.\nWhen called interactively, read an Emacs Lisp expression and\nevaluate it.  Value is also consed on to front of the variable\n`values'.  Optional argument INSERT-VALUE non-nil (interactively,\nwith a non `-' prefix argument) means insert the result into the\ncurrent buffer instead of printing it in the echo area.\n\nNormally, this function truncates long output according to the\nvalue of the variables `eval-expression-print-length' and\n`eval-expression-print-level'.  When NO-TRUNCATE is\nnon-nil (interactively, with a prefix argument of zero), however,\nthere is no such truncation.\n\nIf the resulting value is an integer, and CHAR-PRINT-LIMIT is\nnon-nil (interactively, unless given a non-zero prefix argument)\nit will be printed in several additional formats (octal,\nhexadecimal, and character).  The character format is used only\nif the value is below CHAR-PRINT-LIMIT (interactively, if the\nprefix argument is -1 or the value doesn't exceed\n`eval-expression-print-maximum-character').\n\nRuns the hook `eval-expression-minibuffer-setup-hook' on entering the\nminibuffer.\n\nIf `eval-expression-debug-on-error' is non-nil, which is the default,\nthis command arranges for all errors to enter the debugger." (interactive #f(compiled-function () #<bytecode -0x459e253eac81345>)) #<bytecode -0xc624bdd988e525e>) (global-set-key "s-a" 'ansi-term) nil nil 127)
>>   (ad-Advice-eval-expression #f(compiled-function (exp &optional insert-value no-truncate char-print-limit) "Evaluate EXP and print value in the echo area.\nWhen called interactively, read an Emacs Lisp expression and\nevaluate it.  Value is also consed on to front of the variable\n`values'.  Optional argument INSERT-VALUE non-nil (interactively,\nwith a non `-' prefix argument) means insert the result into the\ncurrent buffer instead of printing it in the echo area.\n\nNormally, this function truncates long output according to the\nvalue of the variables `eval-expression-print-length' and\n`eval-expression-print-level'.  When NO-TRUNCATE is\nnon-nil (interactively, with a prefix argument of zero), however,\nthere is no such truncation.\n\nIf the resulting value is an integer, and CHAR-PRINT-LIMIT is\nnon-nil (interactively, unless given a non-zero prefix argument)\nit will be printed in several additional formats (octal,\nhexadecimal, and character).  The character format is used only\nif the value is below CHAR-PRINT-LIMIT (interactively, if the\nprefix argument is -1 or the value doesn't exceed\n`eval-expression-print-maximum-character').\n\nRuns the hook `eval-expression-minibuffer-setup-hook' on entering the\nminibuffer.\n\nIf `eval-expression-debug-on-error' is non-nil, which is the default,\nthis command arranges for all errors to enter the debugger." (interactive #f(compiled-function () #<bytecode -0x459e253eac81345>)) #<bytecode -0xc624bdd988e525e>) (global-set-key "s-a" 'ansi-term) nil nil 127)
>>   (apply ad-Advice-eval-expression #f(compiled-function (exp &optional insert-value no-truncate char-print-limit) "Evaluate EXP and print value in the echo area.\nWhen called interactively, read an Emacs Lisp expression and\nevaluate it.  Value is also consed on to front of the variable\n`values'.  Optional argument INSERT-VALUE non-nil (interactively,\nwith a non `-' prefix argument) means insert the result into the\ncurrent buffer instead of printing it in the echo area.\n\nNormally, this function truncates long output according to the\nvalue of the variables `eval-expression-print-length' and\n`eval-expression-print-level'.  When NO-TRUNCATE is\nnon-nil (interactively, with a prefix argument of zero), however,\nthere is no such truncation.\n\nIf the resulting value is an integer, and CHAR-PRINT-LIMIT is\nnon-nil (interactively, unless given a non-zero prefix argument)\nit will be printed in several additional formats (octal,\nhexadecimal, and character).  The character format is used only\nif the value is below CHAR-PRINT-LIMIT (interactively, if the\nprefix argument is -1 or the value doesn't exceed\n`eval-expression-print-maximum-character').\n\nRuns the hook `eval-expression-minibuffer-setup-hook' on entering the\nminibuffer.\n\nIf `eval-expression-debug-on-error' is non-nil, which is the default,\nthis command arranges for all errors to enter the debugger." (interactive #f(compiled-function () #<bytecode -0x459e253eac81345>)) #<bytecode -0xc624bdd988e525e>) ((global-set-key "s-a" 'ansi-term) nil nil 127))
>>   (eval-expression (global-set-key "s-a" 'ansi-term) nil nil 127)
>>   (#<subr funcall-interactively> eval-expression (global-set-key "s-a" 'ansi-term) nil nil 127)
>>   (apply #<subr funcall-interactively> eval-expression ((global-set-key "s-a" 'ansi-term) nil nil 127))
>>   (ad-Advice-funcall-interactively #<subr funcall-interactively> eval-expression (global-set-key "s-a" 'ansi-term) nil nil 127)
>>   (apply ad-Advice-funcall-interactively #<subr funcall-interactively> (eval-expression (global-set-key "s-a" 'ansi-term) nil nil 127))
>>   (funcall-interactively eval-expression (global-set-key "s-a" 'ansi-term) nil nil 127)
>>   (#<subr call-interactively> eval-expression nil nil)
>>   (apply #<subr call-interactively> eval-expression (nil nil))
>>   (call-interactively@ido-cr+-record-current-command #<subr call-interactively> eval-expression nil nil)
>>   (apply call-interactively@ido-cr+-record-current-command #<subr call-interactively> (eval-expression nil nil))
>>   (call-interactively eval-expression nil nil)
>>   (command-execute eval-expression)
>>
>> -- 
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> --Raman(I Search, I Find, I Misplace, I Research)
>> ♉ Id: kg:/m/0285kf1  🦮NZIrwH2+)!y܄do9
>
> Evaluating "(global-set-key "s-a" 'ansi-term)" won't work.  Try
> evaluating "(global-set-key (kbd "s-a") 'ansi-term)".
>
> -- 
> Akib Azmain Turja
>
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And please, add the expression you tried to evaluate in the message.  I
had a hard time to find that expression string in the backtrace.

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Akib Azmain Turja

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