From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kevin Rodgers Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: redefine C-h Date: Sat, 09 Aug 2008 08:14:41 -0600 Message-ID: References: <6c2a4df0-eaa7-4617-9cb5-94f0ca4bd888@w7g2000hsa.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1218291381 26037 80.91.229.12 (9 Aug 2008 14:16:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2008 14:16:21 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Aug 09 16:17:13 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KRpFc-0007Dc-W0 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 09 Aug 2008 16:17:01 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49279 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KRpEh-0002OC-4q for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 09 Aug 2008 10:16:03 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KRpDe-0001aQ-14 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Aug 2008 10:14:58 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KRpDc-0001YU-2O for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Aug 2008 10:14:57 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=39140 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KRpDb-0001YH-OA for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Aug 2008 10:14:55 -0400 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:38366 helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KRpDb-00025o-Ci for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Aug 2008 10:14:55 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1KRpDX-0001O1-3y for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Aug 2008 14:14:51 +0000 Original-Received: from c-67-161-145-183.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([67.161.145.183]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 09 Aug 2008 14:14:51 +0000 Original-Received: from kevin.d.rodgers by c-67-161-145-183.hsd1.co.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 09 Aug 2008 14:14:51 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 21 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-67-161-145-183.hsd1.co.comcast.net User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (Macintosh/20080707) In-Reply-To: <6c2a4df0-eaa7-4617-9cb5-94f0ca4bd888@w7g2000hsa.googlegroups.com> X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:56354 Archived-At: YSK wrote: > C-h is a normally prefix key, but I want to bind 'backward-char- > delete' to it. My .emacs has this: > > (global-unset-key "\C-h") > (global-set-key "\C-\M-h" 'help-command) > (global-set-key [C-h] 'delete-backward-char) > > I want to use C-M-h for help-command instead and use C-h for > backspace. However...it's not working. C-h remains a prefix key. My > understanding of prefix keys is basically nil, so there's probably > something pretty basic I'm missing here. Would anyone here be kind > enough to clue me in? [C-h] is not the same thing as "\C-h". Also, you need to (setq help-char ?\C-\M-h) -- Kevin Rodgers Denver, Colorado, USA