Alternate binding for C-a

Alternate binding for C-a

[willwillis]

I've attempted several times to change C-a ( beginning-of-line ) to M-a. Does
anyone know the elisp I'd need to put in my .emacs to make this change?

(yes, I use screen if you were wondering why'd I'd want to do such a thing)

Thanks,
Will
-- 
View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Alternate-binding-for-C-a-tp22818419p22818419.html
Sent from the Emacs - Help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

Re: Alternate binding for C-a

[Tassilo Horn]

willwillis <will.willis@gmail.com> writes:

> I've attempted several times to change C-a ( beginning-of-line ) to
> M-a. Does anyone know the elisp I'd need to put in my .emacs to make
> this change?

Try this:

  (global-set-key (kbd "M-a") 'beginning-of-line)

Bye,
Tassilo

Re: Alternate binding for C-a

[Pascal J. Bourguignon]

willwillis <will.willis@gmail.com> writes:

> I've attempted several times to change C-a ( beginning-of-line ) to M-a. Does
> anyone know the elisp I'd need to put in my .emacs to make this change?
>
> (yes, I use screen if you were wondering why'd I'd want to do such a thing)

In screen, type: C-a :escape ^Z^Z RET   (type caret and Z, caret and Z)
This change screen's escape to C-z, which is bound to
iconify-or-deiconify-frame, useless in screen.

Otherwise see the other answer on how to change key bindings in emacs.

-- 
__Pascal Bourguignon__

Re: Alternate binding for C-a

[Jonathan Groll]

On Wed, Apr 01, 2009 at 11:11:15AM +0200, Pascal J. Bourguignon wrote:
>willwillis <will.willis@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> I've attempted several times to change C-a ( beginning-of-line ) to M-a. Does
>> anyone know the elisp I'd need to put in my .emacs to make this change?
>>
>> (yes, I use screen if you were wondering why'd I'd want to do such a thing)
>
>In screen, type: C-a :escape ^Z^Z RET   (type caret and Z, caret and Z)
>This change screen's escape to C-z, which is bound to
>iconify-or-deiconify-frame, useless in screen.
>
I personally find this binding works best in my ~/.screenrc :

#Press backtick twice if you want a backtick, else its the command character
escape ``

Cheers,
Jonathan

Re: Alternate binding for C-a

[poppyer]

Jonathan Groll <lists@groll.co.za> writes:

: On Wed, Apr 01, 2009 at 11:11:15AM +0200, Pascal J. Bourguignon wrote:
:>willwillis <will.willis@gmail.com> writes:
:>
:>> I've attempted several times to change C-a ( beginning-of-line ) to M-a. Does
:>> anyone know the elisp I'd need to put in my .emacs to make this change?
:>>
:>> (yes, I use screen if you were wondering why'd I'd want to do such a thing)
:>
:>In screen, type: C-a :escape ^Z^Z RET   (type caret and Z, caret and Z)
:>This change screen's escape to C-z, which is bound to
:>iconify-or-deiconify-frame, useless in screen.
:>
: I personally find this binding works best in my ~/.screenrc :
:
: #Press backtick twice if you want a backtick, else its the command character
: escape ``
:
But using ` as screen prefix will destroy 'mouse wheel up' event in
emacs (xterm-mouse-mode/mouse-wheel-mode)