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From: Edward O'Connor <hober0@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Rant: key sequences aren't specified in the elisp manual.
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 15:17:12 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2ek5ej24n.fsf@roisin.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Pine.LNX.3.96.1051117222258.317B-100000@acm.acm

Alan Mackenzie wrote:

> Hi, Emacs!
>
> I've just spent ~ 2 hours trying to figure out from the elisp manual the
> various ways of binding the key sequence "control-C control-backspace".
[...]
> In fact, I figured out "[?\C-c \C-backspace]" by just such
> experimentation. Trouble is, this is rejected by XEmacs, and I want the
> specification to be portable.

I should think (kbd "C-c C-DEL") would DTRT under both Emacsen.


Ted

-- 
Edward O'Connor
hober0@gmail.com

Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem.

  reply	other threads:[~2005-11-17 23:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-11-17 22:29 Rant: key sequences aren't specified in the elisp manual Alan Mackenzie
2005-11-17 23:17 ` Edward O'Connor [this message]
2005-11-19 15:48   ` Portable key sequences [was: key sequences aren't specified...] Stephen J. Turnbull
2005-11-20 17:07     ` Portable key sequences Stefan Monnier
2005-11-17 23:19 ` Rant: key sequences aren't specified in the elisp manual Lennart Borgman
2005-11-17 23:19 ` Kevin Rodgers
2005-11-17 23:30   ` Drew Adams
2005-11-19 23:26 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-11-27  0:31 ` Richard Stallman
2005-12-11  5:03 ` Richard Stallman

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