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From: michael@cadilhac.name (Michaël Cadilhac)
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Newbie questions
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2006 18:38:36 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87y7oxb3dv.fsf@lrde.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <617B4D28-92A9-4E71-B8BE-4C9FE324AFF7@Web.DE> (Peter Dyballa's message of "Sun\, 24 Dec 2006 18\:15\:17 +0100")


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Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE> writes:

> Am 24.12.2006 um 17:00 schrieb ocelot1970@gmail.com:
>
>> 1) Is there a way to see what a keyboard shortcut is currently bound
>> to? Before I write my own programs making my own, I want to make sure
>> I'm not unbinding something really important.
>
> C-h b

Or, for a specific keyboard shortcut, C-h k.

>> 2) Is there a way to see a list of all functions that can possible be
>> bound to keymappings, the list of files they appear in, and their
>> descriptions?
>
> Approximately C-h a TAB
>
> Many functions of that list are not interactive, so they might fail to
> function.

I would have advised M-x TAB, then C-h f <function-name> RET. (Note
that the filename is an hyperlink)

>> 3) Are there any key combos with meta and ctrl that are not allowed
>> when creating my own key bindings? Any reason why I wouldn't use C-q,
>> C-w, C-e, etc. just go through the keyboard and use what's not used
>> yet?

Remember that « The prefix key `C-c' normally contains mode-specific
commands » if you plan to write a major mode.

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  reply	other threads:[~2006-12-24 17:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-12-24 16:00 Newbie questions ocelot1970
2006-12-24 17:15 ` Peter Dyballa
2006-12-24 17:38   ` Michaël Cadilhac [this message]
2006-12-24 17:19 ` David Vanderschel
2006-12-27  7:31 ` Kevin Rodgers
     [not found] <mailman.2542.1076996903.928.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2004-02-17  9:38 ` newbie questions FKtPp@Office ;)
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2004-02-17  5:46 niDapeng
2004-02-17  7:21 ` Eli Zaretskii

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