From: lee <lee@yun.yagibdah.de>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: confusion with defining keys
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 07:40:39 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ha3q1y94.fsf@yun.yagibdah.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvmwdjekfx.fsf-monnier+gmane.emacs.help@gnu.org> (Stefan Monnier's message of "Wed, 11 Jun 2014 07:53:27 -0400")
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
>> (global-set-key "\C-ä" 'undo)
>
> This should ideally signal an error, because "\C-ä" is an invalid string
> (a string can only contains chars and C-ä is not a char but
> a "char combined with a modifier"). For historical reasons this doesn't
> signal an error, but it doesn't do what you want. Use either (kbd
> "C-ä") or [?\C-ä].
> In general, I recommend never to use the plain "..." notation for key
> sequences: it made sense back in the Emacs-18 days when it was
> introduced, but it's been a "legacy" since Emacs-19.
Hm, I think I tried (kbd "<C-ä>"), which didn't work. How is one
supposed to know what to use? I'd never think of [?\C-ä] ...
--
Knowledge is volatile and fluid. Software is power.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-06-12 5:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-06-11 5:05 confusion with defining keys lee
2014-06-11 8:21 ` kastian
2014-06-11 11:30 ` Nicolas Richard
2014-06-12 5:28 ` lee
2014-06-11 11:53 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-06-12 5:40 ` lee [this message]
[not found] ` <mailman.3403.1402487643.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-06-11 14:32 ` Emanuel Berg
2014-06-12 0:56 ` Stefan Monnier
[not found] ` <mailman.3459.1402534627.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-06-12 1:39 ` Emanuel Berg
2014-06-12 1:49 ` Emanuel Berg
2014-06-12 2:48 ` Stefan Monnier
[not found] ` <mailman.3470.1402541342.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-06-12 13:59 ` Emanuel Berg
2014-06-12 14:17 ` Emanuel Berg
2014-06-12 14:52 ` Stefan Monnier
[not found] ` <mailman.3498.1402584764.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-06-12 22:57 ` Emanuel Berg
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