From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Cecil Westerhof Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Problem binding to a key Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 16:54:13 +0200 Message-ID: <4628d418$0$325$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1177083436 26961 80.91.229.12 (20 Apr 2007 15:37:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 15:37:16 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Apr 20 17:37:10 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HevAZ-00074l-VA for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 20 Apr 2007 17:37:08 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HevFe-0003e8-7p for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:42:22 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!feeder.news-service.com!feeder.news-service.com!newsgate.cistron.nl!transit.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: KNode/0.8.0 Original-Lines: 10 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.84.157.201 Original-X-Trace: 1177080856 news.xs4all.nl 325 [::ffff:213.84.157.201]:12339 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:147295 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:42900 Archived-At: I have the following two lines in my .emacs: (define-key global-map "\C-cw" 'clipboard-kill-ring-save) (define-key global-map "\C-x\C-kw" 'clipboard-kill-ring-save) The first line is no problem, the second gives: error: "Key sequence C-x C-k w uses invalid prefix characters" What I understood from 'Learning GNU Emacs' is the second way, the way you should bind your own definitions. Why does it not work?