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From: kj <socyl@987jk.com.invalid>
Subject: One more time: binding overwrite-mode to Apple kbd
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 16:07:13 +0000 (UTC)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <e9do7h$sbe$1@reader2.panix.com> (raw)




Apple keyboards apparently don't have an <insert> key (mine certainly
doesn't), which is a pain when one wants to toggle overwrite-mode.
Searching online I've found claims that the <help> key in these
keyboards serves as the <insert> key, but when I use it in Emacs,
the <help> key produces the help- prefix (reasonably enough); i.e.
it is equivalent to hitting C-h.  I'd be perfectly happy to jettison
this functionality, since I find C-h convenient enough.  I am
assuming that the <help> key emits a different code from what's
sent by C-h.  I have two questions: 1) can this raw *keyboard code*
be bound to an Emacs command? and if yes, 2) how do I determine
what this code is?

The situation on my MacBook portable's keyboard is even worse: it
doesn't even have a <help> key.  I suppose I'll just bind C-c i to
overwrite-mode.  Any better ideas?

Thanks!

kj
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             reply	other threads:[~2006-07-16 16:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-07-16 16:07 kj [this message]
2006-07-16 17:16 ` One more time: binding overwrite-mode to Apple kbd Pascal Bourguignon
2006-07-16 18:39   ` kj
2006-07-16 18:59     ` Peter Dyballa
     [not found]     ` <mailman.4146.1153076350.9609.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-07-18 20:35       ` bmovies
2006-07-18 21:26         ` Peter Dyballa
2006-07-17  8:44 ` don provan
2006-07-17 10:58   ` Mathias Dahl
2006-07-17 12:48     ` kj
2006-07-17 13:56       ` David Kastrup
2006-07-19 19:02         ` Slawomir Nowaczyk
2006-07-20 22:31           ` Kevin Rodgers
2006-07-21  1:11             ` Slawomir Nowaczyk
2006-07-17 19:30       ` don provan

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