Re: Want to rebind C-i

[Edric M Ellis <eellis@mathworks.co.uk>]

Boris H. wrote:
> I have
> 
> (global-unset-key "\C-i")
> (global-unset-key [tab])
> (global-set-key [delete] 'delete-char)
> 
> and
> 
> ;--- Ispell ---
> (global-set-key "\C-ii" 'ispell)
> (global-set-key "\C-iw" 'ispell-word)
> (global-set-key "\C-id" 'ispell-change-dictionary)
> 
> in my .emacs.
> 
> This worked in Emacs 20.7, but it doesn't in Emacs 21.1; C-i is
> always recognized as TAB. What to do?

I think you need to make a keymap for TAB, like this:

(global-unset-key [tab])
(setq tab-keymap (make-sparse-keymap))
(define-key global-map [tab] tab-keymap)
(define-key tab-keymap (kbd "i") 'ispell)

Cheers,

Edric.

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