From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Peter Dyballa Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Looking for the "best" notation for key-binding Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2012 16:59:54 +0200 Message-ID: References: <505BA2B4.7090906@me.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1348239619 2055 80.91.229.3 (21 Sep 2012 15:00:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:00:19 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 21 17:00:23 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TF4iN-0004uv-EH for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 21 Sep 2012 17:00:23 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:40724 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TF4iF-0004c8-FH for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 21 Sep 2012 11:00:15 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:34045) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TF4i5-0004b5-Ao for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Sep 2012 11:00:11 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TF4hz-0002Qs-RH for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Sep 2012 11:00:04 -0400 Original-Received: from mout.web.de ([212.227.17.12]:52902) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TF4hz-0002Qo-IJ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Sep 2012 10:59:59 -0400 Original-Received: from sumac.fritz.box ([95.222.201.211]) by smtp.web.de (mrweb103) with ESMTPA (Nemesis) id 0MejmG-1SqyFZ3Esa-00Obf1; Fri, 21 Sep 2012 16:59:58 +0200 In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:hHRmKQVRD3PAx9tEJPK1rzxanNrzDfcezJk/nztlBd6 Caq5Xt+E1++95SeskmkSd+Q3yB3Ixmk0NKczGXtZLeLnIDbPTE s/t9+5+wt8YlCywTWaxW3Agy9KeygG+YdycJyZ3NDw4f5AgimP 1eZS78pPTQtrzBomIFoK2S6D65WofjLFda9hzW9MnIAhOAYvNu gcq87G5lHXxlsSqDD15tg== X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 212.227.17.12 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:86874 Archived-At: Am 21.09.2012 um 15:29 schrieb Stefan Monnier: >> I think the vector notation is a good choice: >> (global-set-key [C-=E2=88=AB] 'backward-sexp) ; A-C-b >=20 > This likely won't work. You need >=20 > (global-set-key [?\C-=E2=88=AB] 'backward-sexp) ; A-C-b >=20 > instead. Yes, it's an annoyance. You have to understand the > distinction between keys that emit characters and other keys (that = emit > symbols). Yes, it stopped working. A-b produces on my (Mac) keyboard =E2=88=AB. So = =E2=88=AB is a symbol just as =C2=A9 or =CE=A9? What makes the = distinction? Unicode character classes? -- Greetings Pete When you meet a master swordsman, show him your sword. When you meet a man who is not a poet, do not show him your poem. =E2=80=93 Rinzai, ninth century Zen master