From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kevin Rodgers Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Newbie questions Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2006 00:31:00 -0700 Message-ID: References: <1166976047.172487.194790@42g2000cwt.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dough.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1167204693 26344 80.91.229.10 (27 Dec 2006 07:31:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2006 07:31:33 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 27 08:31:32 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by dough.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1GzTG5-0007Vn-FP for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 27 Dec 2006 08:31:29 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GzTG4-0008Ia-RI for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 27 Dec 2006 02:31:28 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GzTFs-0008Gf-8X for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Dec 2006 02:31:16 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GzTFq-0008GP-Ud for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Dec 2006 02:31:16 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GzTFq-0008GH-NH for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Dec 2006 02:31:14 -0500 Original-Received: from [80.91.229.2] (helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1GzTFq-0006RR-8r for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Dec 2006 02:31:14 -0500 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1GzTFh-0005xG-MZ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Dec 2006 08:31:05 +0100 Original-Received: from c-24-9-156-178.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.9.156.178]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 27 Dec 2006 08:31:05 +0100 Original-Received: from kevin.d.rodgers by c-24-9-156-178.hsd1.co.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 27 Dec 2006 08:31:05 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Lines: 35 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-24-9-156-178.hsd1.co.comcast.net User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (Macintosh/20061207) In-Reply-To: <1166976047.172487.194790@42g2000cwt.googlegroups.com> 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:39936 Archived-At: ocelot1970@gmail.com wrote: > I have just started exploring emacs and elisp. Ergo, I have some > questions. > > 1) Is there a way to see what a keyboard shortcut is currently bound > to? Before I write my own programs making my own, I want to make sure > I'm not unbinding something really important. C-h k > 2) Is there a way to see a list of all functions that can possible be > bound to keymappings, the list of files they appear in, and their > descriptions? C-h w ? C-h a RET > 3) Are there any key combos with meta and ctrl that are not allowed > when creating my own key bindings? Any reason why I wouldn't use C-q, > C-w, C-e, etc. just go through the keyboard and use what's not used yet? ,---- File: emacs, Node: Keymaps, Next: Prefix Keymaps, Up: Key Bindings | | As a user, you can redefine any key; but it is usually best to stick | to key sequences that consist of `C-c' followed by a letter (upper or | lower case). These keys are "reserved for users," so they won't | conflict with any properly designed Emacs extension. The function keys | through are also reserved for users. If you redefine some | other key, your definition may be overridden by certain extensions or | major modes which redefine the same key. `---- -- Kevin Rodgers Denver, Colorado, USA