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)
>
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