From: Javier <nospam@nospam.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: shift+left/right arrow cannot be bound in Emacs
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2015 21:52:06 +0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <mt7fi6$3ab$1@speranza.aioe.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.1119.1442251609.19560.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
>> In my Emacs 25.0.50.1 on Kubuntu 15.04 asking for the current binding
>> with C-h k shift+left shows
>
>> <left> (translated from <S-left>) runs the command left-char (found in
>> ...
>
> The same, I think I begin to understand, the reason is that shift+arrows
> is used for setting the mark (as in MS windows) so it might not be
> possible to bind these key combination.
I can bind them without problem
;;; Deactivate Shift+Arrow To Select Text
(setq shift-select-mode nil)
(global-set-key [S-left] 'my-function)
(global-set-key [S-right] 'my-function)
You can try to type S-left and use C-h l (view lossage) to check what key presses emacs detects.
Are you using emacs -nw in a terminal? For xterm I use
;; XTERM THROUGH SSH
(define-key function-key-map "\e[1;2A" '[S-up])
(define-key function-key-map "\e[1;2B" '[S-down])
(define-key function-key-map "\e[1;2C" '[S-right])
(define-key function-key-map "\e[1;2D" '[S-left])
Are you using org-mode? shift+arrow have a different meaning in
org-mode that clashes with emacs defaults.
;;; Avoid redefining of keys by org-mode
(defun org-mode-keys ()
"Keybindings for org-mode. To be used as a hook."
(local-set-key [S-left] 'my-function)
(local-set-key [S-right] 'my-function)
)
(add-hook 'org-mode-hook 'org-mode-keys)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-09-14 21:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-09-14 15:29 shift+left/right arrow cannot be bound in Emacs Uwe Brauer
2015-09-14 15:35 ` Kaushal Modi
2015-09-14 16:48 ` Óscar Fuentes
2015-09-14 17:26 ` Uwe Brauer
[not found] ` <mailman.1119.1442251609.19560.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2015-09-14 18:55 ` Dan Espen
2015-09-14 19:47 ` B. T. Raven
2015-09-14 21:52 ` Javier [this message]
2015-09-15 23:40 ` Emanuel Berg
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