Problems with global-set-key

Problems with global-set-key

[JS]

In my .emacs file I have made this:

(global-set-key "\C-z" 'shell)

And it works fine when I restart emacs.




But when I do this:

(global-set-key "\M-a" 'comment-dwim)

I get this error when I restart:




An error has occurred while loading `/home/johs/.emacs':

Symbol's function definition is void: global-set-key 

To ensure normal operation, you should investigate the cause
of the error in your initialization file and remove it.  Start
Emacs with the `--debug-init' option to view a complete error
backtrace
Loading view...done

------------------------

I have then tried to start emacs like this: emacs --debug-init and then I
get this:

Debugger entered--Lisp error: (void-function global-set-key )
  (global-set-key  "á"   (quote comment-dwim))
  eval-buffer(#<buffer  *load*> nil "~/.emacs" nil t)
  load-with-code-conversion("/home/johs/.emacs" "~/.emacs" t t)
  load("~/.emacs" t t)
  #[nil " …—
----------------------------


Why is it not possible to write the second statement? 

Re: Problems with global-set-key

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 22.04.2005 um 11:18 schrieb JS:

> (global-set-key "\M-a" 'comment-dwim)
>

Have you tried without backslash? This one works for me for Emacsen 
2[012]:
	(global-set-key [M-f1]               'replace-string)

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Re: Problems with global-set-key

[JS]

Peter Dyballa wrote:

> 
> Am 22.04.2005 um 11:18 schrieb JS:
> 
>> (global-set-key "\M-a" 'comment-dwim)
>>
> 
> Have you tried without backslash? This one works for me for Emacsen
> 2[012]:
> (global-set-key [M-f1]               'replace-string)
> 
> --
> Greetings
> 
>    Pete
> 
> Know thyself.  Need help, call CIA.

I just tried:

(global-set-key [M-a] 'comment-dwim)

That gives the same error as before.

Re: Problems with global-set-key

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 22.04.2005 um 11:57 schrieb JS:

> (global-set-key [M-a] 'comment-dwim)

How's that: (global-set-key [(meta a)] 'comment-dwim)

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Re: Problems with global-set-key

[JS]

Peter Dyballa wrote:

> 
> Am 22.04.2005 um 11:57 schrieb JS:
> 
>> (global-set-key [M-a] 'comment-dwim)
> 
> How's that: (global-set-key [(meta a)] 'comment-dwim)


That did it!! Thanks, wierd that I have to do it like this when the standard
is just:
(global-set-key "\M-a" 'comment-dwim)

Re: Problems with global-set-key

[Tim X]

JS <d44sf@44ada.com> writes:

> In my .emacs file I have made this:
>
> (global-set-key "\C-z" 'shell)
>
> And it works fine when I restart emacs.
>
>
>
>
> But when I do this:
>
> (global-set-key "\M-a" 'comment-dwim)
>
> I get this error when I restart:
>
>
>
>
> An error has occurred while loading `/home/johs/.emacs':
>
> Symbol's function definition is void: global-set-key 
>
> ------------------------
>
> I have then tried to start emacs like this: emacs --debug-init and then I
> get this:
>
> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (void-function global-set-key )
>   (global-set-key  "á"   (quote comment-dwim))
>   eval-buffer(#<buffer  *load*> nil "~/.emacs" nil t)
>   load-with-code-conversion("/home/johs/.emacs" "~/.emacs" t t)
>   load("~/.emacs" t t)
>   #[nil " —
> ----------------------------
Can you execute the command witin *scratch*?

If so, maybe you need to do a (require 'newcomment) to make sure the
definition for cmment-dwim is loaded before the key binding is used?


Tim

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Re: Problems with global-set-key

[Barry Margolin]

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In article <d4afei$a6u$1@news.net.uni-c.dk>, JS <d44sf@44ada.com> 
wrote:

> In my .emacs file I have made this:
> 
> (global-set-key "\C-z" 'shell)
> 
> And it works fine when I restart emacs.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> But when I do this:
> 
> (global-set-key "\M-a" 'comment-dwim)
> 
> I get this error when I restart:
> 
> 
> 
> 
> An error has occurred while loading `/home/johs/.emacs':
> 
> Symbol's function definition is void: global-set-key 
> 
> To ensure normal operation, you should investigate the cause
> of the error in your initialization file and remove it.  Start
> Emacs with the `--debug-init' option to view a complete error
> backtrace
> Loading view...done
> 
> ------------------------
> 
> I have then tried to start emacs like this: emacs --debug-init and then I
> get this:
> 
> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (void-function global-set-key )

It looks to me like there's a strange character in your file after 
'global-set-key', so it's trying to find a function named 
global-set-key<strangechar>.  Notice the space before the close-paren -- 
that's not normal.  Normally Emacs Lisp will escape space characters in 
symbol names, so I suspect it's an international character that happens 
to look like space.

>   (global-set-key  "á"   (quote comment-dwim))
>   eval-buffer(#<buffer  *load*> nil "~/.emacs" nil t)
>   load-with-code-conversion("/home/johs/.emacs" "~/.emacs" t t)
>   load("~/.emacs" t t)
>   #[nil " …—
> ----------------------------
> 
> 
> Why is it not possible to write the second statement?

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