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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Is it possible to make M-C-p and M-C-n global aliases for M-down and M-up?
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2021 12:49:58 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvk0qubu3l.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 86blc6agd0.fsf@dod.no

> (define-key minibuffer-local-map [C-p] 'previous-history-element)
> (define-key minibuffer-local-map [C-n] 'next-history-element)

The C-n and C-p keys normally don't generate events `C-p` and `C-n`
(which are symbols) but `?\C-p` and `?\C-n` instead (which are
characters).  So use

    (define-key minibuffer-local-map [?\C-p] 'previous-history-element)
    (define-key minibuffer-local-map [?\C-n] 'next-history-element)

or

    (define-key minibuffer-local-map (kbd "C-p") 'previous-history-element)
    (define-key minibuffer-local-map (kbd "C-n") 'next-history-element)

since `kbd` is reasonably good at hiding those ugly internal details.

or

    (define-key minibuffer-local-map [(control p)] 'previous-history-element)
    (define-key minibuffer-local-map [(control n)] 'next-history-element)

Since XEmacs also tried to hide those details and Emacs does support
XEmacs's syntax here.


        Stefan




  reply	other threads:[~2021-02-26 17:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-02-07 18:07 Is it possible to make M-C-p and M-C-n global aliases for M-down and M-up? Steinar Bang
2021-02-07 18:46 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-02-07 19:08   ` Steinar Bang
2021-02-07 19:26     ` Stefan Monnier
2021-02-07 20:29       ` Steinar Bang
2021-02-07 20:47         ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-02-07 20:50         ` Stefan Monnier
2021-02-26 17:28           ` Steinar Bang
2021-02-26 17:49             ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2021-02-26 18:41               ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-02-26 20:40               ` Steinar Bang
2021-02-07 18:53 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-02-07 19:06   ` Steinar Bang
2021-02-07 19:27   ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-02-07 20:25     ` Steinar Bang
2021-02-07 20:52     ` Stefan Monnier
2021-02-07 21:01       ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor

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