After restarting my macbook, [f12] works (didn't make any changes with the
.emacs file between restarts).  strange.

Jai

On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 4:52 PM, Jai Dayal <dayalsoap@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thank you for the response.
>
> I do try it with [f12] and when pressing f12, it still says <f12> is
> undefined.
>
> emacs version 24.1.1
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 4:49 PM, Jeremiah Dodds <jeremiah.dodds@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Jai Dayal <dayalsoap@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>> > Hi, I'm trying to bind f12 to compile. In my .emacs file, i do
>> >
>> > (global-set-key "f12" 'compile)
>> >
>> > however, every time I press f12, it says <f12> is undefined
>> >
>> > How do I specify f keys for global-set-key in the .emacs file?
>> >
>> > Jai
>> >
>> >
>>
>> (global-set-key [f12] 'compile)
>>
>> --
>> Jeremiah Dodds
>>
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