From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: William Case Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Binding same command to two separte keys?? Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 15:02:34 -0400 Message-ID: <1176490954.3065.75.camel@CASE> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1176491193 13869 80.91.229.12 (13 Apr 2007 19:06:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 19:06:33 +0000 (UTC) To: EMACS List Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Apr 13 21:06:26 2007 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 1HcR6H-0001OE-UJ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 13 Apr 2007 21:06:26 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HcRAa-0005D9-BZ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 13 Apr 2007 15:10:52 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HcR9J-00047E-0e for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Apr 2007 15:09:33 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HcR9I-00045c-6k for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Apr 2007 15:09:32 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HcR9H-00045I-Uf for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Apr 2007 15:09:32 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp105.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com ([206.190.36.83]) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HcR4y-0003i5-M6 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Apr 2007 15:05:04 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail 55794 invoked from network); 13 Apr 2007 19:05:04 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=rogers.com; h=Received:X-YMail-OSG:Subject:From:To:Content-Type:Date:Message-Id:Mime-Version:X-Mailer:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=nSMquXjzTROxfPhZh4QvEY7C4CgmVg8hIF+3iE26LmjZZE7yMCtINYFs5gdJnc+6Fqe9yMCPS7fkxk++MSHoyAYsntwEoIPeqNuguTSEIw4LdVgJVX5oNWd9WEAF8qpFtA4VbrIH9o9rvX8JTPAAKYRwSBrc9oE8jLmtATTSDso= ; Original-Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.3?) (billlinux@rogers.com@74.104.51.86 with plain) by smtp105.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 13 Apr 2007 19:05:03 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: UdN.UzYVM1n8seCEUKt4Sb8ZZ4rqOMVB2..MhkQZj5zTnznNAls5yL4BgJg8Afh1Eg-- X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.3 (2.8.3-2.fc6) X-detected-kernel: Genre and OS details not recognized. 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:42652 Archived-At: Hi; I have set (global-set-key [(M-s)] 'shell-command) in my .emacs. I also want to keep the M-! shell-command binding Nothing happens when I use M-s, nor do I get an error message. C-h k says M-s is undefined yet, C-h w says shell-command is on , M-!, etc... I have read < > means a symbolic key like F3. What does mean and what have I done wrong? -- Regards Bill