Re: global key not binding

[Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com>]

Baloff wrote:
> Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com> writes:
> 
> 
>>Baloff wrote:
>>
>> > (global-set-key "\C-cb" "\C-xh\M-w") ;copy buffer C-c b
>> > (global-set-key "\C-cb" "\C-xh\M-w") ;copy buffer C-c p
>> >
>> > I get symbol function definition is void ...
>>
>>It works for me.  (Note that the 2 lines are identical, except for the
>>comments -- is there a typo in there?)
>>
>>To find out where the error occurs:
>>M-x set-variable RET debug-on-error RET t RET
>>
> 
> 
> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "The mark is not set now")
>   call-interactively(kill-ring-save)
>   execute-extended-command(nil)
>   call-interactively(execute-extended-command)

`C-x h' should set the mark.  The doc string for `M-w' mentions
Transient Mark mode, but even with that turned on I couldn't replicate
the error.

Do you get the error in a vanilla Emacs (emacs -q --no-site-file),
evaluating the global-set-key form in the *scratch* buffer?

-- 
Kevin Rodgers