Re: global key not binding

[Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman.073@student.lu.se>]

Joe Corneli wrote:

> 
>   >    (global-set-key "\C-cb" "\C-xh\M-w") ;copy buffer C-c b
>   >    (global-set-key "\C-cb" "\C-xh\M-w") ;copy buffer C-c p
>   > 
>   >    I get symbol function definition is void ...
>   > 
>   > That is to be expected.
>   >
>
>   why then this work:
>   (global-set-key "\C-cl" "\C-a\C-@\C-e\M-w") ;copy ling C-c l
>
>OK, I guess it isn't to be expected.  The question boils down to the
>behavior of the function `define-key', which is what `global-set-key'
>calls (without any intervening typechecking) and which _does_ allow
>"strings treated as macros".  So, I have no idea.
>
>Evaluating this works:
>
>(execute-kbd-macro "\C-xh\M-w")
>
>But anyway, my hint should work for you.  Maybe someone else
>can say whether you found a bug or not.
>
I just checked in the CVS version of Emacs. It seems to work.

I saw in one of the messages "Global-set-key" instead of 
"global-set-key" but I guess that was just a typo?