* How to Map Alt key globally
@ 2018-05-05 18:38 Tim Johnson
2018-05-05 18:50 ` Tim Johnson
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From: Tim Johnson @ 2018-05-05 18:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Emacs
The following error message
global-set-key: Key sequence M-a starts with non-prefix key ESC
Is generated when I attempted to execute
(global-set-key (kbd "M-a") 'move-beginning-of-line)
Alt-a is undefined prior to execution
What is proper way to map this keystroke?
thanks
--
Tim Johnson
http://www.akwebsoft.com, http://www.tj49.com
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* Re: How to Map Alt key globally
2018-05-05 18:38 How to Map Alt key globally Tim Johnson
@ 2018-05-05 18:50 ` Tim Johnson
2018-05-05 19:05 ` Yuri Khan
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From: Tim Johnson @ 2018-05-05 18:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
* Tim Johnson <tim@akwebsoft.com> [180505 10:47]:
> The following error message
> global-set-key: Key sequence M-a starts with non-prefix key ESC
>
> Is generated when I attempted to execute
> (global-set-key (kbd "M-a") 'move-beginning-of-line)
>
> Alt-a is undefined prior to execution
>
> What is proper way to map this keystroke?
I forgot to mention:
With
emacs -q
the mapping works.
:) What have I done? And how do I trace It?
--
Tim Johnson
http://www.akwebsoft.com, http://www.tj49.com
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* Re: How to Map Alt key globally
2018-05-05 18:50 ` Tim Johnson
@ 2018-05-05 19:05 ` Yuri Khan
2018-05-05 19:30 ` Tim Johnson
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Yuri Khan @ 2018-05-05 19:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
On Sun, May 6, 2018 at 1:50 AM Tim Johnson <tim@akwebsoft.com> wrote:
> > The following error message
> > global-set-key: Key sequence M-a starts with non-prefix key ESC
> >
> > Is generated when I attempted to execute
> > (global-set-key (kbd "M-a") 'move-beginning-of-line)
> :) What have I done? And how do I trace It?
It looks like you have bound something to ESC. What does C-h k ESC say?
(Also, are you using a graphical Emacs version, or in terminal?)
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* Re: How to Map Alt key globally
2018-05-05 19:05 ` Yuri Khan
@ 2018-05-05 19:30 ` Tim Johnson
0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Tim Johnson @ 2018-05-05 19:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
* Yuri Khan <yurivkhan@gmail.com> [180505 11:12]:
> On Sun, May 6, 2018 at 1:50 AM Tim Johnson <tim@akwebsoft.com> wrote:
>
> > > The following error message
> > > global-set-key: Key sequence M-a starts with non-prefix key ESC
> > >
> > > Is generated when I attempted to execute
> > > (global-set-key (kbd "M-a") 'move-beginning-of-line)
>
> > :) What have I done? And how do I trace It?
>
> It looks like you have bound something to ESC. What does C-h k ESC say?
>
> (Also, are you using a graphical Emacs version, or in terminal?)
I'm using graphical Emacs 25.3.2 on Ubuntu 16.04
C-h k ESC waited for another key input. Upon entering the second
ESC, I get ESC-ESC is undefined. (should have allowed a third ESC
for keyboard-escape quit).
This suggested to me that prior "twiddling" (rather than a
previously loaded elisp file) had caused this problem.
So I reloaded the exisiting emacs configuration, and then compiled
and reloaded the source and the problem is solved.
I believe that I must have executed something like
(global-set-key (kbd "C-[") 'foo)
;; "C-[" translates to ESC on my system
which I would guarantee would clobber sequences starting with ESC for sure.
Sorry, :) Never mind!
--
Tim Johnson
http://www.akwebsoft.com, http://www.tj49.com
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