* Re: search -> replace -> global keymap?
2017-03-09 12:59 ` Sharon Kimble
@ 2017-03-09 13:23 ` Danny YUE
2017-03-09 13:52 ` Yuri Khan
2017-03-09 14:46 ` Drew Adams
2 siblings, 0 replies; 10+ messages in thread
From: Danny YUE @ 2017-03-09 13:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Sharon Kimble; +Cc: help-emacs
Sharon,
I suspect you typed "k" twice?
"C-h k" is used for describing a key stroke, so it takes a single key or
a bound key combination and tells you what they are bound to.
In order to get a list of all the key bindings, you invoke:
"M-x describe-bindings" or just "C-h b".
You can use "C-h ?" for a list of valid commands.
Emacs has a good help system, use it wisely! :-)
Danny
Sharon Kimble writes:
> Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
>
>>> I'm using a certain command very often from the menus and using my
>>> mouse. It is 'search -> replace -> global' but how can I assign a keymap
>>> to it please so that I'm able to call it from within my document please?
>>
>> What menu is that (I don't see it)?
>>
>> Anyway, do this: `C-h k' followed by picking the menu item that you
>> want to assign a key to. That will tell you what the command is
>> that that menu item invokes.
>>
>> Then do `C-h w' followed by that command name, to see if it is
>> already on a keyboard key sequence, in addition to being bound
>> to that menu item.
>>
>> If it has no keyboard binding, give it one, using `global-set-key'.
>>
>> You can use `M-x global-set-key' interactively, to try it out.
>> You can use `(global-set-key (kbd "...") 'COMMAND)' in your init
>> file to get the binding persistently, where "..." is the key
>> sequence you want and COMMAND is the command you want to bind
>> it to.
>
> Thanks for this Drew.
>
> To find what I'm talking about 'Menu-bar -> Search -> Replace -> Global'
> and the command that it generates is 'replace-string'. So I've assigned
> a keyboard binding to it and its now working well, thanks.
>
> But this problem has thrown up a difficulty for me, in that I can't use
> 'C-h k'! If I try it it always just shows the 'k', and ditto 'C-h w'!
> How can I find what it has been mapped to please?
>
> Thanks
> Sharon.
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* Re: search -> replace -> global keymap?
2017-03-09 12:59 ` Sharon Kimble
2017-03-09 13:23 ` Danny YUE
@ 2017-03-09 13:52 ` Yuri Khan
2017-03-09 14:46 ` Drew Adams
2 siblings, 0 replies; 10+ messages in thread
From: Yuri Khan @ 2017-03-09 13:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Sharon Kimble; +Cc: help-emacs
On Thu, Mar 9, 2017 at 7:59 PM, Sharon Kimble
<boudiccas@skimble.plus.com> wrote:
> But this problem has thrown up a difficulty for me, in that I can't use
> 'C-h k'! If I try it it always just shows the 'k', and ditto 'C-h w'!
> How can I find what it has been mapped to please?
If for some reason C-h does not work for you (e.g. if it is bound to a
command other than the help prefix), you might be able to use <f1> k
and <f1> w instead.
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* RE: search -> replace -> global keymap?
2017-03-09 12:59 ` Sharon Kimble
2017-03-09 13:23 ` Danny YUE
2017-03-09 13:52 ` Yuri Khan
@ 2017-03-09 14:46 ` Drew Adams
2017-03-09 18:24 ` Sharon Kimble
2 siblings, 1 reply; 10+ messages in thread
From: Drew Adams @ 2017-03-09 14:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Sharon Kimble; +Cc: help-emacs
> >> I'm using a certain command very often from the menus and using my
> >> mouse. It is 'search -> replace -> global' but how can I assign a keymap
> >> to it please so that I'm able to call it from within my document please?
> >
> > What menu is that (I don't see it)?
> >
> > Anyway, do this: `C-h k' followed by picking the menu item that you
> > want to assign a key to. That will tell you what the command is
> > that that menu item invokes.
> >
> > Then do `C-h w' followed by that command name, to see if it is
> > already on a keyboard key sequence, in addition to being bound
> > to that menu item.
> >
> > If it has no keyboard binding, give it one, using `global-set-key'.
> >
> > You can use `M-x global-set-key' interactively, to try it out.
> > You can use `(global-set-key (kbd "...") 'COMMAND)' in your init
> > file to get the binding persistently, where "..." is the key
> > sequence you want and COMMAND is the command you want to bind
> > it to.
>
> Thanks for this Drew.
>
> To find what I'm talking about 'Menu-bar -> Search -> Replace -> Global'
I don't see that menu. You should mention the details about your
Emacs version/installation. With `emacs -Q' (no init file) I see
the Search menu under the Edit menu on the menu-bar. I see no
Search menu on the menu-bar. But it might also depend on what mode
you are in etc.
> and the command that it generates is 'replace-string'. So I've assigned
> a keyboard binding to it and its now working well, thanks.
Good. But how did you find which command is bound to it, if `C-h k'
doesn't work for you?
> But this problem has thrown up a difficulty for me, in that I can't use
> 'C-h k'! If I try it it always just shows the 'k', and ditto 'C-h w'!
> How can I find what it has been mapped to please?
Others have responded to this question. Try f1 if C-h doesn't seem
to work.
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* Re: search -> replace -> global keymap?
2017-03-09 14:46 ` Drew Adams
@ 2017-03-09 18:24 ` Sharon Kimble
2017-03-09 20:26 ` Nick Dokos
0 siblings, 1 reply; 10+ messages in thread
From: Sharon Kimble @ 2017-03-09 18:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Drew Adams; +Cc: help-emacs
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Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
>> >> I'm using a certain command very often from the menus and using my
>> >> mouse. It is 'search -> replace -> global' but how can I assign a keymap
>> >> to it please so that I'm able to call it from within my document please?
>> >
>> > What menu is that (I don't see it)?
>> >
>> > Anyway, do this: `C-h k' followed by picking the menu item that you
>> > want to assign a key to. That will tell you what the command is
>> > that that menu item invokes.
>> >
>> > Then do `C-h w' followed by that command name, to see if it is
>> > already on a keyboard key sequence, in addition to being bound
>> > to that menu item.
>> >
>> > If it has no keyboard binding, give it one, using `global-set-key'.
>> >
>> > You can use `M-x global-set-key' interactively, to try it out.
>> > You can use `(global-set-key (kbd "...") 'COMMAND)' in your init
>> > file to get the binding persistently, where "..." is the key
>> > sequence you want and COMMAND is the command you want to bind
>> > it to.
>>
>> Thanks for this Drew.
>>
>> To find what I'm talking about 'Menu-bar -> Search -> Replace -> Global'
>
> I don't see that menu. You should mention the details about your
> Emacs version/installation. With `emacs -Q' (no init file) I see
> the Search menu under the Edit menu on the menu-bar. I see no
> Search menu on the menu-bar. But it might also depend on what mode
> you are in etc.
Sorry Drew, those details are in my sig at the bottom of all my emails.
The menu-bar is open in every buffer and mode, as I do still use it a
lot.
>
>> and the command that it generates is 'replace-string'. So I've assigned
>> a keyboard binding to it and its now working well, thanks.
>
> Good. But how did you find which command is bound to it, if `C-h k'
> doesn't work for you?
I used 'F1 k'. Because I can't use 'C-h whatever' I try and use 'F1 whatever'.
>
>> But this problem has thrown up a difficulty for me, in that I can't use
>> 'C-h k'! If I try it it always just shows the 'k', and ditto 'C-h w'!
>> How can I find what it has been mapped to please?
>
> Others have responded to this question. Try f1 if C-h doesn't seem
> to work.
Thanks
Sharon.
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* Re: search -> replace -> global keymap?
2017-03-09 18:24 ` Sharon Kimble
@ 2017-03-09 20:26 ` Nick Dokos
2017-03-10 14:15 ` Sharon Kimble
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From: Nick Dokos @ 2017-03-09 20:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@skimble.plus.com> writes:
>> Good. But how did you find which command is bound to it, if `C-h k'
>> doesn't work for you?
>
> I used 'F1 k'. Because I can't use 'C-h whatever' I try and use 'F1 whatever'.
So try F1 k C-h and see if C-h is bound to something. By default, it's a prefix
key, but if you have rebound it somehow, it will have lost its prefix-ness.
--
Nick
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* Re: search -> replace -> global keymap?
2017-03-09 20:26 ` Nick Dokos
@ 2017-03-10 14:15 ` Sharon Kimble
2017-03-10 14:27 ` Danny YUE
0 siblings, 1 reply; 10+ messages in thread
From: Sharon Kimble @ 2017-03-10 14:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Nick Dokos; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs
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Nick Dokos <ndokos@gmail.com> writes:
> Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@skimble.plus.com> writes:
>
>>> Good. But how did you find which command is bound to it, if `C-h k'
>>> doesn't work for you?
>>
>> I used 'F1 k'. Because I can't use 'C-h whatever' I try and use 'F1 whatever'.
>
> So try F1 k C-h and see if C-h is bound to something. By default, it's a prefix
> key, but if you have rebound it somehow, it will have lost its prefix-ness.
Thanks Nick.
'F1 k C-h' opened up a help window with this in the *messages* -
╭────
│Type M-1 to delete the help window, C-M-v to scroll help.
╰────
Thanks
Sharon.
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* Re: search -> replace -> global keymap?
2017-03-10 14:15 ` Sharon Kimble
@ 2017-03-10 14:27 ` Danny YUE
0 siblings, 0 replies; 10+ messages in thread
From: Danny YUE @ 2017-03-10 14:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Sharon Kimble; +Cc: Nick Dokos, help-gnu-emacs
Sharon,
I suppose you should have a look at the help window and get some
information from there. In this case the help will tell you something
about key binding for "C-h".
P.S. Your key binding is really strange. M-1 for deleting the help
window? That's really weird....
Danny
On 2017-03-10 14:15, Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@skimble.plus.com> wrote:
> Nick Dokos <ndokos@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@skimble.plus.com> writes:
>>
>>>> Good. But how did you find which command is bound to it, if `C-h k'
>>>> doesn't work for you?
>>>
>>> I used 'F1 k'. Because I can't use 'C-h whatever' I try and use 'F1 whatever'.
>>
>> So try F1 k C-h and see if C-h is bound to something. By default, it's a prefix
>> key, but if you have rebound it somehow, it will have lost its prefix-ness.
>
> Thanks Nick.
>
> 'F1 k C-h' opened up a help window with this in the *messages* -
>
> ╭────
> │Type M-1 to delete the help window, C-M-v to scroll help.
> ╰────
>
> Thanks
> Sharon.
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