Re: Looking for the "best" notation for key-binding

[Chap Harrison <chap.harrison@me.com>]

On 09/21/2012 03:24 AM, Peter Dyballa wrote:
> Am 21.09.2012 um 01:11 schrieb Chap Harrison:
>
>> Isn't there a single, simple, consistent way to create key bindings that will always work?
> I think the vector notation is a good choice:
>
> 	(global-set-key [C-∫]		'backward-sexp)	; A-C-b
> 	(global-set-key [M-S-return]	'other-window)
> 	(global-set-key [f1 f5]		'apropos-variable)
> 	(global-set-key [f3]	 	'compare-windows)
> 	(global-set-key [A-f1]	 	'replace-string)

That looks and sounds straightforward enough.

I don't know elisp.  Is there an exhaustive list of how to express all 
of the key chords using vector notation?  For instance, I wouldn't have 
guessed that the 'return' key was denoted by 'return' - I usually see it 
written RET.

As to my problem with C-; I strongly suspect my binding is getting 
stomped by C++ mode.  So I'd also appreciate some guidelines on what 
keys to use or avoid.

Chap