Re: global-set-key not global?

[Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com>]

Kai Grossjohann wrote:
 > Emory Smith <emory.smith@mac.com> writes:
 >>On Feb 5, 2004, at 12:35 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote:
 >>>>im using the following in my .emacs:
 >>>>(global-set-key "\C-j"  'bs-cycle-next)
 >>>>(global-set-key "\M-j"  'bs-cycle-previous)
 >>>>
 >>>>but a number of major modes still seem to have C-j bound to
 >>>>insert-newline.
 >>>>it works fine if i use local-set-key inside the add-hook for every
 >>>>mode, but
 >>>>seems like i shouldnt have to do this.
 >>>
 >>>Indeed.  Report those things as bugs.
 >>
 >>so a local keymap entry is not supposed to override a global one?
 >
 > No.  But the global bindings for C-j and M-j should work for all
 > modes, so that there is no need for a mode to bind C-j and M-j itself.
 >
 > So Stefan was only referring to these two keys.  For other keys, it's
 > different.

C-j is LFD so I can understand why Emacs might treat it specially (and 
presumably C-m aka RET).  But what is the significance of M-j?

-- 
Kevin Rodgers