From: "Pascal J. Bourguignon" <pjb@informatimago.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Trouble binding Alt *by itself* to the execute-extended-command...(Alt-x and ESC-x work fine.)
Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2013 00:06:58 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8738rquirh.fsf@informatimago.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 58a9bc5e-0db8-4bbb-95b7-5a7ca300e328@googlegroups.com
Chris Seberino <cseberino@gmail.com> writes:
> On Sunday, July 7, 2013 7:51:18 AM UTC-5, Pascal J. Bourguignon wrote:
>
>> As I proposed in my first answer, it's obviously the Execute keysym that
>>
>> should be used, to map to the execute-extended-command command.
>
> Binding the Alt key to the end goal is the logical solution. Your
> answer would be the BEST one if I could get it to work. The problem
> is I got burned out trying to make Emacs understand the lone Alt key
> by itself.
Of course, since what you're asking is just IMPOSSIBLE!
There is absolutely ZERO, NONE, NO WAY to bind any modifier keysym to a
command.
That's why everybody is telling you to bind ANOTHER keysym to they
keycode produced when you press the so called "Alt" key.
--
__Pascal Bourguignon__ http://www.informatimago.com/
A bad day in () is better than a good day in {}.
You know you've been lisping too long when you see a recent picture of George
Lucas and think "Wait, I thought John McCarthy was dead!" -- Dalek_Baldwin
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-07-07 22:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-07-06 21:18 Trouble binding Alt *by itself* to the execute-extended-command...(Alt-x and ESC-x work fine.) Chris Seberino
2013-07-06 22:16 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2013-07-06 22:21 ` Peter Dyballa
2013-07-07 2:44 ` Bob Proulx
2013-07-07 3:49 ` Yuri Khan
2013-07-07 5:08 ` Chris Seberino
2013-07-07 12:24 ` Raffaele Ricciardi
2013-07-07 12:51 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2013-07-07 20:50 ` Chris Seberino
2013-07-07 22:06 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon [this message]
[not found] ` <mailman.469.1373165078.12400.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-07-07 12:49 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
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