> From: "Ian Crowther" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Bcc:
> Date: Sat, 14 May 2005 00:27:27 +0100
>
> I can evaluate "(global-set-key [left] "left was pressed")" and get "left
> was pressed" inserted into the buffer when I press left. All I now need to
> do is try to figure out how to use the alt key on my keyboard.
> I've tried the following:
> (global-set-key [M-left] "M-left was pressed")
> (global-set-key [A-left] "A-left was pressed")
> (global-set-key [alt left] "alt left was pressed")
> (global-set-key [meta left] "meta left was pressed")
>
> And because I don't know what they do, I tried the following combinations
> also:
> (global-set-key [H-left] "H-left was pressed")
> (global-set-key [s-left] "s-left was pressed")
>
>
> None of them work. I know emacs can tell I've pressed M-left though. I'd be
> grateful if somebody could tell me how I'm going wrong trying to bind it.
Just use a name of a function instead of the string. For example:
(global-set-key [M-left] 'beginning-of-line)
(The way you used global-set-key is meant for macros: the thing inside
quotes should be a sequence of one or more keys, it cannot be an
arbitrary string, and it certainly isn't displayed in the echo area,
it's fed back to the Emacs keyboard input.)
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