Re: Trying to global-set-key

[Harshdeep S Jawanda <hjawanda@cs.unm.edu>]

Kevin Rodgers wrote:

> But if you mean that you want to be able to type C-down instead
> of `C-u 1 C-v',

Yes, that is exactly what I mean to say.

> then the simplest thing is to define a keyboard macro:
>
> (global-set-key [C-down] (kbd "C-u 1 C-v")) 

I tried this: doesn't work.  Basically, I think the problem is that 
Emacs is not recognizing the Ctrl key as a modifier when used with the 
down arrow key.

> That ought to work, but perhaps a local key binding is shadowing the 
> global
> binding.  What happens if you type `C-h k' followed by C-down?

It only says "<down> runs the command next-line". It doesn't recognize 
that the Ctrl key has also been pressed. When I write (global-set-key 
[next] '"\C-u1\C-v"), it works fine. I just need to tell Emacs to modify 
behavior only when Ctrl key is pressed.

> What does `C-h l' show immediately after that?

Well, if you really want to know:

C-x b RET ESC [ A ESC [ A ESC [ A ESC [ B ESC [ B ESC
[ B C-h k ESC [ B C-h l

I personally can't make head or tail of it :-).  Thanks for your help, 
though.  I have near-zero knowledge of elisp -- I am only trying out the 
things I can glean from the info files :-).

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Harshdeep S Jawanda