From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "B. T. Raven" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Special character Emacs Date: Sat, 07 Jun 2008 11:11:33 -0500 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1212856847 15996 80.91.229.12 (7 Jun 2008 16:40:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2008 16:40:47 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jun 07 18:41:30 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1K51Tt-00011d-Kl for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 07 Jun 2008 18:41:29 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45598 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K51T6-00070Y-Qn for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 07 Jun 2008 12:40:40 -0400 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news2.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local02.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.sysmatrix.net!news.sysmatrix.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 07 Jun 2008 11:11:27 -0500 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (Windows/20080421) Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 59 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 65.45.140.10 Original-X-Trace: sv3-NuARhI/E8VuTOeD5x58AxyAOamak6pg27aJ/RQYI/7AmnfZm9Dm5PcXka/3bHAuyuqIZUw0fca+SlQn!7qbEseTo5bRh5VU7cC15pOUTXagL0vukaYGa8rlTiY7XOeIUVSAFnZzILZ2iyDbLZPgY2SAJXqxa!5VZpnGKE22qq5dz2IdP0y81848LdZA== Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@sysmatrix.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.39 Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:159225 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:54581 Archived-At: Andreas Wittmann wrote: > Hello everybody, > > i'm using Emacs 21.4.1 with ubuntu hardy, today i established that it > isn't possible for me to use the '^'-sign in emacs. Especially i ned > this character very often when working with LaTeX or R. Can someone > give me a hint what to do here? I guess there's something missing in > the .emacs-file? I have a Samsung R50 laptop with a german keybord. > I found out that if i do 'C-x 8' then it is possible to do the ^ sign, > but i > would be much better if this is also possible after loading emacs. > > > Here's my .emacs.file > > (custom-set-variables > ;; custom-set-variables was added by Custom -- don't edit or cut/ > paste it! > ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance. > '(case-fold-search t) > '(column-number-mode t) > '(current-language-environment "German") > '(default-input-method "german-postfix") > '(global-font-lock-mode t nil (font-lock)) > '(iso-accents-mode t) > '(iso-accents-customize "german") > '(iso-ascii-convenient t) > '(latin1-display t nil (latin1-disp)) > '(line-number-mode t) > '(mouse-wheel-mode t nil (mwheel)) > '(paren-mode (quote paren) nil (paren)) > '(pc-selection-mode t nil (pc-select)) > '(show-paren-mode t nil (paren)) > '(standard-indent 2) > '(tab-always-indent nil) > '(tab-width 2) > '(truncate-lines t)) > (custom-set-faces > ;; custom-set-faces was added by Custom -- don't edit or cut/paste > it! > ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance. > '(default ((t (:size "10pt" :family "Courier New"))))) > > Thank you and best regards > > Andreas If this is the caret (on 6 key on American keyboards) then you could certainly just assign an unused key or key combo to this character using define-key or global-set-key: (global-set-key [f6] (lambda () (interactive) (insert ?^ ))) Put in .emacs or evaluate with C-x C-e But the gurus will certainly have something more elegant. Ed