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Article #1931Re: Binding functions on a PC
From: David Ellis 11-Dec-1992 1652
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 21:52
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 21:52
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khamsi@ll.mit.edu (Sarir Khamsi) remarks that the F1 key on his terminal issues the character sequence "^[[11~", > which emacs does not like to see in a "global-set-key" command. The problem is that the character sequence "^[[" (ESC-[) is by default bound in GNU Emacs to a function (I think it's backward-paragraph). In order to get GNU Emacs to recognize character sequences beginning with ESC-[, you must unbind that function, e.g. by (global-unset-key "\e[") preferably early in your .emacs file. This situation has been raised often enough that it should go into the GNU Emacs FAQ list. I don't think it's there now. ---- David J Ellis Digital Equipment Corporation, Semiconductor Engineering Group 77 Reed Road, Hudson MA 01749 Mailstop HLO2-3/D11 Internet: d_ellis@ricks.enet.dec.com Phone: (508) 568-4393
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