From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tassilo Horn Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Keyboard mappings Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 11:42:08 +0200 Message-ID: <878wl5nvkf.fsf@thinkpad.tsdh.de> References: <5a808f07-fa32-464e-98bd-561e7f6aa0ba@s16g2000vbp.googlegroups.com> <8841dbe9-b642-4a07-8ec9-8ba09c64a252@v17g2000vbb.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1241948986 6673 80.91.229.12 (10 May 2009 09:49:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 09:49:46 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun May 10 11:49:37 2009 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 1M35f7-0005HU-4x for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 10 May 2009 11:49:37 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60582 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1M35f6-0000jB-Ec for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 10 May 2009 05:49:36 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1M35YE-0007CE-30 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 10 May 2009 05:42:30 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1M35Y7-00079y-LG for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 10 May 2009 05:42:29 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=48573 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1M35Y7-00079u-GO for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 10 May 2009 05:42:23 -0400 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:47572 helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1M35Y7-00087q-3I for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 10 May 2009 05:42:23 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1M35Y3-0007tn-P4 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 10 May 2009 09:42:19 +0000 Original-Received: from p54af345d.dip0.t-ipconnect.de ([84.175.52.93]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 10 May 2009 09:42:19 +0000 Original-Received: from tassilo by p54af345d.dip0.t-ipconnect.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 10 May 2009 09:42:19 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 23 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: p54af345d.dip0.t-ipconnect.de User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.93 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:9/QK649U1BiwmGqOgy7GqTBvqno= X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:64307 Archived-At: luca.pamparana@gmail.com writes: Hi Luca, >> I see the following lines in this sample emacs file and I wonder what >> that means: >> >> (local-set-key "\C-cj" 'fast-jump) >> >> What is the key combination required here to initiate the fast-jump >> method. I am confused by the \C-parameter. > > ok, I figured it out. \C-c stands for control c Instead of that syntax you can use the `kbd' macro: "\C-cj" ==> (kbd "C-c j") The kbd macro accepts the key syntax that is used in the emacs docs and which is also shown by the help commands like `describe-key'. Bye, Tassilo