"help" key with Cocoa Emacs 23

"help" key with Cocoa Emacs 23

[Jonathan Groll]

It seems that the "help" key on an external Apple keyboard is not
detected by Emacs 23 Cocoa.

C-h k does not detect this key (the "delete" key is detected this
way).

Previously Aquamacs was able to detect this key, and in Aquamacs this
key could be rebound with something like:

 (global-set-key [help] 'overwrite-mode)

GNU Emacs 23.0.60.1 (i386-apple-darwin9, NS apple-appkit-949.35)
 of 2008-11-20 on a white macbook.

Cheers,
Jonathan

Re: "help" key with Cocoa Emacs 23

[Xah Lee]

On Nov 26, 2:17 am, Jonathan Groll <li...@groll.co.za> wrote:
> It seems that the "help" key on an external Apple keyboard is not
> detected by Emacs 23 Cocoa.
>
> C-h k does not detect this key (the "delete" key is detected this
> way).
>
> Previously Aquamacs was able to detect this key, and in Aquamacs this
> key could be rebound with something like:
>
>  (global-set-key [help] 'overwrite-mode)

as far as i know, that key on PC and Apple keyboad probably send the
same scancode, so it's probably only a key label difference.

• Difference Between Apple and PC keyboards
  http://xahlee.org/emacs/apple_pc_kb_diff.html

You can bind anykey you want. See:

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Q: How to find out the syntax for a particular key press?

Type “Ctrl+h k” (or “Alt+x describe-key”), then press the key
combination. Emacs will then tell you its read syntax as a keyboard
macro. For example, you want to know the syntax for the key press of
“Ctrl+Alt+F8”. Type “Alt+x describe-key” then press “Ctrl+Alt+F8”,
then emacs will print “<C-M-f8> is undefined”. Then, you can use “(kbd
"<C-M-f8>")” to represent that key press combination in lisp code.

Note: There is a lot syntax variations, but the one printed by
“describe-key” is guaranteed to work. For details of emacs's keystroke
syntax variation, see: The Confusion of Emacs's Keystroke
Representation.
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above is from:

• How to Define Keyboard Shortcuts in Emacs
  http://xahlee.org/emacs/keyboard_shortcuts.html

However, if you were unable to bind the Insert key. That means it's a
bug in Emacs.app. It is a known bug that Emacs.app cannot bind keys to
those on the number keypad. I don't remember, but probably including
those on the Home/End block.

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gosh, there are still people who actually used the Insert key
overwrite behavior?

  Xah
∑ http://xahlee.org/

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