From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: key binding doesn't work under consle mode Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 00:25:24 -0500 Organization: Bell Sympatico Message-ID: <87d5g5g6yy.fsf-monnier+gnu.emacs.help@gnu.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1143614436 1209 80.91.229.2 (29 Mar 2006 06:40:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 06:40:36 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 29 08:40:36 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FOUM5-0005bs-1j for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 29 Mar 2006 08:40:33 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FOUM4-00007S-Jf for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 29 Mar 2006 01:40:32 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news4.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!wns14feed!worldnet.att.net!207.35.177.252!nf3.bellglobal.com!nf1.bellglobal.com!nf2.bellglobal.com!news20.bellglobal.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:RnVfqBjhsta9kMNwh4DDi2LtYYU= Original-Lines: 10 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 70.55.143.70 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@sympatico.ca Original-X-Trace: news20.bellglobal.com 1143609925 70.55.143.70 (Wed, 29 Mar 2006 00:25:25 EST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 00:25:25 EST Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:138444 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 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:34063 Archived-At: > (global-set-key "\C-h" 'delete-backward-char) > (define-key global-map "\M-h" 'backward-kill-word) > (define-key global-map [C-return] 'set-mark-command) Most text terminals have no such thing as a `return' key, only a RET key which is really just another name for C-m. So when you think you hit C-return, Emacs really receives "C-C-m" aka "C-m". Stefan