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From: Kevin Rodgers <kevin.d.rodgers@gmail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Looking for a sneaky key binding
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2007 21:44:28 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <esirj8$fn2$1@sea.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <esfqc1$1n7$1@wildfire.prairienet.org>

Dan Bensen wrote:
> After making a new command, I wanted to bind it to M-C-|.
> This form didn't work:
>   (global-set-key <name> 'my-command)
> 
> where <name> was equal to
>   "\M-\C-|"
>   "\M-\C-\|"
>   "|\M-\C-\||"
> 
> on separate attempts.  The error message was always
>   "Invalid modifier in string".

See these sections of the Emacs Lisp manual:

Nonprinting Characters in Strings
Non-ASCII Characters in Strings
Changing Key Bindings

> So is there another trick somewhere that does this,
> or is it not supported?

Use the vector notation (Emacs manual: Rebinding Keys in Your Init File):

[?\M-\C-|]

-- 
Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA

      parent reply	other threads:[~2007-03-06  4:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-03-05  1:09 Looking for a sneaky key binding Dan Bensen
2007-03-05  2:02 ` weber
2007-03-05  2:37 ` David Hansen
     [not found] ` <mailman.438.1173062316.7795.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-03-05  3:23   ` Dan Bensen
2007-03-05  3:49     ` Dan Bensen
2007-03-06 13:07     ` Johan Bockgård
2007-03-06  4:44 ` Kevin Rodgers [this message]

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