M-[

M-[

[greg jednaszewski]

Hi,

I use swbuff.el for cycling through buffers, and I'd like to be able to
bind M-[ to swbuff-switch-to-previous-buffer like so:

(global-set-key (kbd "M-[") 'swbuff-switch-to-previous-buffer)

However, I can't seem to be able to bind anything to simply M-[.  When I
do describe-key on M-[, it expects another keypress, in the same way
that C-x expects another keypress.

What is the reasoning behind this, and is there any way around it?

Thanks,
Greg

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Re: M-[

[Barry Margolin]

In article <b6l2k3$t5l$1@news-int.gatech.edu>,
greg jednaszewski  <greg@attenuated.org> wrote:
>I use swbuff.el for cycling through buffers, and I'd like to be able to
>bind M-[ to swbuff-switch-to-previous-buffer like so:
>
>(global-set-key (kbd "M-[") 'swbuff-switch-to-previous-buffer)
>
>However, I can't seem to be able to bind anything to simply M-[.  When I
>do describe-key on M-[, it expects another keypress, in the same way
>that C-x expects another keypress.
>
>What is the reasoning behind this, and is there any way around it?

On most ASCII terminals, special function keys (like arrow keys) send
sequences that begin with ESC [.

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Re: M-[

[Peter Lee]

Barry Margolin <barry.margolin@level3.com> writes:

> In article <b6l2k3$t5l$1@news-int.gatech.edu>,
> greg jednaszewski  <greg@attenuated.org> wrote:
> >I use swbuff.el for cycling through buffers, and I'd like to be able to
> >bind M-[ to swbuff-switch-to-previous-buffer like so:
> >
> >(global-set-key (kbd "M-[") 'swbuff-switch-to-previous-buffer)
> >
> >However, I can't seem to be able to bind anything to simply M-[.  When I
> >do describe-key on M-[, it expects another keypress, in the same way
> >that C-x expects another keypress.
> >
> >What is the reasoning behind this, and is there any way around it?
> 
> On most ASCII terminals, special function keys (like arrow keys) send
> sequences that begin with ESC [.

I have the following in my .emacs:

(global-set-key "\M-[" 'curly-brace-region)

It's always worked fine for me.  Perhaps it is an OS issue.  I'm on
XP.

Re: M-[

[Kevin Rodgers]

Barry Margolin wrote:

> On most ASCII terminals, special function keys (like arrow keys) send
> sequences that begin with ESC [.

The point being, those sequences are bound in function-key-map, which I
think of as an inverted keymap.  If the OP insists on using M-[, he
would have to run Emacs under a window system, or disable
function-key-map somehow.

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