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Dave Yuill <dave@datashepherd.com> writes:

> Hi everyone,
>
> My lisp experience consists mostly of copy/paste -> modify so forgive
> me if this is a silly question.  

Same for me, so forgive me if I make a bad suggestion:

Why not try 

(global-set-key [\M-\"] 'my-function) ;; or
(global-set-key "\M-\"" 'my-function)


?

> I would like to bind a command to M-". I've tried things like..
>
> (global-set-key "\M-"" 'my-function) ;; obviously shouldn't work
>
> and
>
> (global-set-key [\M-"] 'my-function) ;; End of file during parsing error
>
> .. to no avail.  Could some kind soul please point me in the right
> direction?
>
> Thanks,
> -Dave
>
> PS: FWIW I'm running cvs emacs on Mac OS 10.3.3
>
>
>

-- 
Michael

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