Redefining keys works interactively, but mot in .emacs

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From: Martin Robert Frank
Date: Mon, 05 Nov 1990 22:12

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I'm using Emacs on a VT100 terminal, and want to use some of it's special
keys for often used functions.

This works fine interactively in Emacs:
 e.g. M-x global-set-key RET <F1 pressed> 'next-line RET

However using global-set-key in the .emacs initialization file fails:
 e.g. (global-set-key "\eOP" 'next-line)

(The F1 key sends "ESCAPE O P" on a VT100)

Did somebody have the same problem? Could it be that Emacs internally trans-
lates the function key sequences into other sequences?


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Martin R. Frank    martin@cc.gatech.edu   College of Computing, Georgia Tech

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