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Article #3595Re: mapping the arrow keys in xterm
From: Kevin Gallagher
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 18:08
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 18:08
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In article <1993Jan5.202737.17196@pencom.com> alex@pencom.com writes:
>I'm using a version of xterm which does not understand the arrow keys. I
>tried the following in my ~/.emacs file:
>
>(define-key global-map "^[[A" 'previous-line)
>
>I get the following message everytime I use eval-current-buffer:
>
>Key sequence ^[[A uses invalid prefix characters.
Replace your define-key line with the following:
(define-key global-map "\e[" nil)
(define-key global-map "\e[A" 'previous-line)
In order to use "\e[" (ESC followed by a left bracket character) as a prefix
sequence, you have to remove its current binding to backward-paragraph. The
first line does this.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!news.dell.com!texsun!digi!kgallagh From: kgallagh@digi.lonestar.org (Kevin Gallagher) Newsgroups: comp.emacs Subject: Re: mapping the arrow keys in xterm Keywords: arrow keys, xterm Message-ID: <1993Jan6.180843.24151@digi.lonestar.org> Date: 6 Jan 93 18:08:43 GMT References: <1993Jan5.202737.17196@pencom.com> Organization: DSC Communications Corp, Plano, TX Lines: 23