bigbroth@cathedral.cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu (James M. Coleman) (10/21/90)
I am having no luck using a startup file to set key bindings.
The command {global-set-key "/F5" scroll-up} (directly from
the docs) does nothing as far as I can tell. I am sure that the
file is being read because if I place the "describe-bindings"
command in the .mg file mg starts up with the bindings listed in half
a window. Am I doing something wrong or is "global-set-key"
not supported from a startup file?
Thanks for any help.
Jim Coleman
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In article <929@babcock.cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu> bigbroth@cathedral.cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu (James M. Coleman) writes: >I am having no luck using a startup file to set key bindings. >The command {global-set-key "/F5" scroll-up} (directly from >the docs) does nothing as far as I can tell. global-set-key does work. I have a global-set-key "\f5" scroll-up in my mg-startup, and it works fine (i.e., it sets the shifted down arrow to "scroll-up". Two things to note...it's a backslash, not a slash, and the function key names changed since mg2. "F1" is key "\f8", shifted "F1" is key "\f18". -Dan Riley (riley@theory.tn.cornell.edu, cornell!batcomputer!riley) -Wilson Lab, Cornell University
zinkv@azu22.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de (Volker Zink) (10/24/90)
In article <1990Oct22.010009.9492@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> riley@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Daniel S. Riley) writes: >In article <929@babcock.cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu> bigbroth@cathedral.cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu (James M. Coleman) writes: >>I am having no luck using a startup file to set key bindings. >>The command {global-set-key "/F5" scroll-up} (directly from >>the docs) does nothing as far as I can tell. > >global-set-key does work. I have a > >global-set-key "\f5" scroll-up > >in my mg-startup, and it works fine (i.e., it sets the shifted down >arrow to "scroll-up". > >Two things to note...it's a backslash, not a slash, and the function >key names changed since mg2. "F1" is key "\f8", shifted "F1" is key >"\f18". > >-Dan Riley (riley@theory.tn.cornell.edu, cornell!batcomputer!riley) >-Wilson Lab, Cornell University For all i know the function 'global-set-key' works. But i wanted to change the BS-key, so that it is a BS, and the DEL-key to act like a DEL and not like BS. (The funcions are delete-char and delete-backward-char i think). But if i try to change them i must use ascii-code if i understand the documentation. There stands: '\n' where n is a octal number changes the the char with this number. But \7 alters the 7-key and \007 brings an error. Bye... Volker -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Volker Zink Email: zinkv@azu.informatik.uni-stuttgart.dbp.de Student local: zinkv@azu Universitaet Stuttgart
mwm@raven.relay.pa.dec.com (Mike (My Watch Has Windows) Meyer) (10/25/90)
In article <5467@ifi.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de> zinkv@azu22.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de (Volker Zink) writes:
For all i know the function 'global-set-key' works. But i wanted to change
the BS-key, so that it is a BS, and the DEL-key to act like a DEL and not
like BS. (The funcions are delete-char and delete-backward-char i think).
But if i try to change them i must use ascii-code if i understand the
documentation. There stands: '\n' where n is a octal number changes the
the char with this number. But \7 alters the 7-key and \007 brings an
error.
You can't remap anything bound to a keymap, which includes C-h (it's
on the "to be fixed" list). Use bsmap-mode, which toggles C-h & DEL
before mg ever sees them. It's ugly, but it works.
<mike
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