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From: Kevin Rodgers <kevin.d.rodgers@gmail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Interpreting commands
Date: Thu, 08 May 2008 20:38:59 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <g00df7$q7l$1@ger.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1JtjOF-0007sH-00@nestle.csail.mit.edu>

Don Saklad wrote:
> For RMAIL in Emacs on the C-h b table of commands
> <find>
> appears in angle brackets, what do the angle brackets indicate?

That is Emacs notation for a keyboard key e.g. <RET>, <TAB>, <SPC>,
<DEL>, <ESC>.  Lowercase names such as <f1> or <find> refer to
function keys, which may or may not be present on any given keyboard.

-- 
Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA





  reply	other threads:[~2008-05-09  2:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-05-07 13:08 Interpreting commands Don Saklad
2008-05-09  2:38 ` Kevin Rodgers [this message]
     [not found] <mailman.11286.1210166017.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-05-07 13:45 ` Jason Rumney
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2008-05-07 13:13 Don Saklad
2008-05-09  2:48 ` Kevin Rodgers
2008-05-07 12:49 Don Saklad
2008-05-09  2:21 ` Kevin Rodgers
     [not found] <mailman.11283.1210157695.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-05-07 11:43 ` Jason Rumney
2008-05-07 13:29   ` John Paul Wallington
2008-05-07 10:51 Don Saklad

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