Re: key binding with windows and menu keys

[Tyler <tyler.smith@mail.mcgill.ca>]

Thanks Pete, that's great. I've now got access to the windows keys, 
either by labelling them with xmodmap or using the quoted number. The 
only problem now is figuring out which keys to bind to which commands!

Tyler

Peter Dyballa wrote:
> 
> Am 15.08.2005 um 16:35 schrieb Angelina Carlton:
> 
>> There is one problem however, 2 of my computers do not run X and
>> consequently do not have the xmodmap command. So If I am working on them
>> in the console or via ssh I have to maintain my old key binding and try
>> to remember not to press the windows logo key instead.
>>
>> I will try to figure out how to enable these keys in non X environment an
>> let you know, perhaps someone already knows how to do this?
>>
> 
> Is C-h k <Windows key+another key> returns just <another key>?
> 
> If not, you could by hand 'M-x global-set-key <the combination> RET 
> scroll-other-window RET C-x ESC ESC C-a C-k C-g' -- bind the key and 
> start to repeat-previous-command. The cursor goes into the minibuffer, 
> where you put it at the beginning and then kill the whole line. Now an 
> interrupt, and you're ready to yank/paste the valid ELisp expression 
> into .emacs ... it wouldn't look pretty with a number instead of symbols 
> (that's what I am used from X11 or Apple's Aqua), but it would work.
> 
> -- 
> Greetings
> 
>   Pete
> 
> Without vi there is only GNU Emacs
> 
> 
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