From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Howto: Bind Windows key as a prefix? Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2022 16:09:52 -0400 Message-ID: References: <25284.32832.471566.596874@google.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="747"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "T.V Raman" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Jul 05 22:12:13 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1o8ou4-000AWU-BZ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 05 Jul 2022 22:12:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47590 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1o8ou3-0005pO-6E for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 05 Jul 2022 16:12:11 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:56192) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1o8os7-0004Jl-Kn for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Jul 2022 16:10:16 -0400 Original-Received: from mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca ([132.204.25.50]:33717) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1o8os4-0000s0-Jm for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Jul 2022 16:10:10 -0400 Original-Received: from pmg3.iro.umontreal.ca (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pmg3.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 3F838442475; Tue, 5 Jul 2022 16:10:07 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (unknown [172.31.2.1]) by pmg3.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id E4B14442466; Tue, 5 Jul 2022 16:10:05 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=iro.umontreal.ca; s=mail; t=1657051805; bh=bPU92MWtHappsjF+ZZoeEN5H9rErLVcJ98zv40qGFY4=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=m69UVrFgbdOGL5QV8ldeB0dpqcjC4f+MF6lYqG9BiYGrP1Ttc+nuF8v/5QziucrLB bCmSyl1YDK/hCZWPoi6QvqmrMaM6S8DwPWEGdqH3lR8R0XPPFC1u0tNXr7o5QhFMpR gdsReQSKEJFS2pDvGaZ8KMsevZFbOdi+5GSMVdDR9Wemo3XR0XW4MZ5aIl6Jfr7PbV DCnT+6gbt9gQOfm7g1jUX7aiTiWu+r0lwpjbgwXpbRPDc7JlKzb4gHMA+fMgyni666 5js/F284vPEKbGipVo40x588/0gYofOxolanB1Bsrtmq89MZePJND1S+4inPaOacm8 CVzy35fEyZ/OA== Original-Received: from pastel (unknown [45.72.196.165]) by mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C05A4120173; Tue, 5 Jul 2022 16:10:05 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <25284.32832.471566.596874@google.com> (T. V. Raman's message of "Tue, 5 Jul 2022 11:17:36 -0700") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=132.204.25.50; envelope-from=monnier@iro.umontreal.ca; helo=mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca X-Spam_score_int: -42 X-Spam_score: -4.3 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.3 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:291888 Archived-At: > s- is undefined for any . > > M-x global-set-key RET > windows+ RET > command RET > binds windows- > and asking where is shows it as being on s-. > > However calling global-set-key with "s-" bombs with key-sequence > "s-" starts with non-prefix s" `s-` is the syntax generated by `key-description` and understood by `kbd` (and the new set of functions like` key-valid-p` and `define-keymap`) but it is not understood by `define-key`, `global-set-key`, and friends, for which you need to use the lower-level vector syntax: (global-set-key [?\s-c] 'my-command) (global-set-key [s-tab] 'my-other-command) ... -- Stefan