Re: Trouble with global-set-key to map meta-g with 'goto-line

["B. T. Raven" <ecinmn@peoplepc.com>]

"B. T. Raven" <ecinmn@peoplepc.com> wrote in message
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> "David Lee" <live4thee@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> > Hi, all
> > I am a beginner with GNU Emacs(21.3.1). I added this line to ~/.emacs
> > (global-set-key [(meta-g)] 'goto-line)
> > but it doesn't work for me, and minibuffer gave this hint:
> >   Set face: default (M-g d), bold (M-g b), italic (M-g i)..
> >
> > Seems that my settings didn't take effects.
> >
> > Anything wrong?
> >
> > [ I'm using SuSE 10.0, and I tried with failure under FC5, either. ]
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
>
> It looks like M-g is already reserved as a prefix. In version 22.0.50
M-g
> g runs 'goto-line. Try putting this in *scratch* and evaluating it. (C-j
> after close paren of the form):
>
> (global-set-key "\C-cg" ('goto-line)
oops!
 (global-set-key "\C-cg" 'goto-line)
rather.

>
> I think that C-c is a mapping reserved for user bindings. That way you
> won't have to mess with the default bindings into which a lot of thought
> has gone. If C-c g is okay with you, you can put it in your .emacs.
>
> Ed.
>