emacs 18 mapping function keys

emacs 18 mapping function keys

[Glynn Smith]

In version 18 of emacs
    (global-set-key (quote [f1]) (quote undo))
produces the followng error:
Wrong type argument: string p, [f1]
This global-set-key command works just fine in version 19 or later.

Using describe-key-briefly for F1 just results in a 11~ written at the
first line first column of the current file being visited.

I believe the vt100 key code for F1 is ESC11~ or ^[11~ so I tried
changing the global-set-key statement to:
    (global-set-key (quote "\e11~") (quote undo))
This produced the following error:
Key sequence ^[11~ uses invalid prefix characters.

I hope someone can help.
Regards

Re: emacs 18 mapping function keys

[Kevin Rodgers]

Glynn Smith wrote:

> In version 18 of emacs
>     (global-set-key (quote [f1]) (quote undo))
> produces the followng error:
> Wrong type argument: string p, [f1]
> This global-set-key command works just fine in version 19 or later.
> 
> Using describe-key-briefly for F1 just results in a 11~ written at the
> first line first column of the current file being visited.
> 
> I believe the vt100 key code for F1 is ESC11~ or ^[11~ so I tried
> changing the global-set-key statement to:
>     (global-set-key (quote "\e11~") (quote undo))
> This produced the following error:
> Key sequence ^[11~ uses invalid prefix characters.


I think that's because "\e1" is bound to the `digit-argument' command
and therefore can't be used as a prefix key.  Does Emacs 18 define the
`function-key-map' variable?

-- 
<a href="mailto:&lt;kevinr&#64;ihs.com&gt;">Kevin Rodgers</a>

Re: emacs 18 mapping function keys

[Kevin Dziulko]

I'm using vt100, but my key code is not ^[11~.  You can see the escape
sequence by going into the *scratch* buffer, pressing C-q, then hitting
your F1 key.


On 28 Oct 2002, Glynn Smith wrote:

> In version 18 of emacs
>     (global-set-key (quote [f1]) (quote undo))
> produces the followng error:
> Wrong type argument: string p, [f1]
> This global-set-key command works just fine in version 19 or later.
>
> Using describe-key-briefly for F1 just results in a 11~ written at the
> first line first column of the current file being visited.
>
> I believe the vt100 key code for F1 is ESC11~ or ^[11~ so I tried
> changing the global-set-key statement to:
>     (global-set-key (quote "\e11~") (quote undo))
> This produced the following error:
> Key sequence ^[11~ uses invalid prefix characters.
>
> I hope someone can help.
> Regards
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