Re: trouble binding to <next> & <prior>

[Kevin Rodgers <kevin.d.rodgers@gmail.com>]

Mirko wrote:
> On Jul 7, 2:09 pm, "Lennart Borgman (gmail)"
> <lennart.borg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Mirko wrote:
>>> On Jul 7, 12:59 pm, p...@informatimago.com (Pascal J. Bourguignon)
>>> wrote:
>>>> Mirko <mvuko...@nycap.rr.com> writes:
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>> I have a following keybinding, parts of which do not work.  In
>>>>> particular I am trying to bind view-previous-entry to the page-up key
>>>>> on the standard PC keyboard (using Emacs 22.1).  I used both h-k and h-
>>>>> l to determine that this key is identified with "<prior>" & <next>".
>>>>> (defvar iop-alert-mode-map nil
>>>>>   "Keymap for IOP-alert mode")
>>>>> (unless iop-alert-mode-map
>>>>>   (setq iop-alert-mode-map (copy-keymap text-mode-map))
>>>>>   (define-key iop-alert-mode-map (kbd "<prior>") 'view-previous-entry)
>>>>>   (define-key iop-alert-mode-map (kbd "<next>") 'view-next-entry)
>>>>>   (define-key iop-alert-mode-map (kbd "d") 'mark-entry-for-deletion)
>>>>>   (define-key iop-alert-mode-map "m" 'mark-entry-for-save))
>>>>> When in a buffer with iop-alert mode, doing h-m gives me the following
>>>>> output on keybindings:
>>>>> ... stuff skipped
>>>>> < n e           Prefix Command
>>>>> < p r           Prefix Command
>>>>> < n e x         Prefix Command
>>>>> < p r i         Prefix Command
>>>>> < n e x t       Prefix Command
>>>>> < p r i o       Prefix Command
>>>>> < n e x t >  view-next-entry
>>>>> < p r i o r     Prefix Command
>>>>> < p r i o r >        view-previous-entry
>>>>> It seems <prior> and <next> are bound to the character sequence
>>>>> "<prior>" and "<next>".  Pressing those characters will invoke the
>>>>> commands.  But pressing the Page-up/down keys will not.
>>>>> Indeed, doing a h-k shows that page-up/down are still bound to scroll
>>>>> up/down.
>>>>> What am I doing wrong?
>>>> emacs-version   --> "22.2.1"
>>>> (kbd "<prior>") --> [prior]
>>>> if you don't get this vector with one symbol for (kbd "<prior>"),
>>>> indeed you have a problem.
>>>> --
>>>> __Pascal Bourguignon__                    http://www.informatimago.com/
>>>> WARNING: This product warps space and time in its vicinity.
>>> I tried that, and I get exactly as you suggested.
>>> (kbd "<prior>") --> [prior]
>>> Mirko
>> It looks like you have been doing
>>
>>   (define-key iop-alert-mode-map "<prior>" 'view-previous-entry)
>>
>> instead of
>>
>>   (define-key iop-alert-mode-map (kbd "<prior>") 'view-previous-entry)
> 
> Nope.  This is what I have
> 
>  (define-key iop-alert-mode-map (kbd "<prior>") 'view-previous-entry)

Pascal is right: _something_ has bound "<prior>" in iop-alert mode.
Perhaps there is another library earlier in load-path, or an out-of-date
compiled version of the library.

-- 
Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA