From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Seldon Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: remapping keys Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 18:00:24 +0100 Organization: TIN.IT (http://www.tin.it) Message-ID: <47b9b97c$0$37201$4fafbaef@reader3.news.tin.it> References: <47b96d58$0$10623$4fafbaef@reader2.news.tin.it> 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 1203361401 10581 80.91.229.12 (18 Feb 2008 19:03:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:03:21 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Feb 18 20:03:45 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 1JRBHA-0005gm-AY for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:03:40 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JRBGf-0007x8-LC for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:03:09 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!feeder.news.tin.it!spool.news.tin.it!not-for-mail User-Agent: Icedove 1.5.0.14pre (X11/20071020) Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 37 X-Comments: Please send technical notifications to newsmaster@tin.it Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 79.26.64.243 Original-X-Trace: 1203353981 reader3.news.tin.it 37201 79.26.64.243:14025 Original-X-Complaints-To: Please send abuse reports to abuse@retail.telecomitalia.it Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:156277 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:01:19 -0500 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:51652 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier wrote: >> Hi. I'm an Emacs newbie and I need help about remapping keyboard keys. > >> I would like to bind the curly brackets "}" and "{" to another keys, handier >> to me (I have an italian keyboard, so the key sequence for the brackets is >> quite clumsy...) > >> What's the procedure for doing so ? > > It all depends on how you want the remapping to behave. Do you want > this remapping only within Emacs? Yes. > Do you want it to apply to things > like C-{ and M-}? How about C-x { ? Yes, why not ? > > I personally prefer to do those kinds of "inconvenient keyboard" things > globally by choosing another keyboard layout (e.g. with > gnome-keyboard-properties). > I would prefer a more selective approach, remapping only the keys I need. > > Stefan -- Seldon "L'immaginazione e' piu' importante della conoscenza" Alberto Unapietra