[comp.emacs] Perplexing problem with keybindings in .emacs file

GOVONI_DENNIS#WASH@COMM.TANDEM.COM (06/30/90)

Hi!

This is my first posting to info-gnu-emacs, so I  hope I'm
playing in the right ball-game.

I've recently ported 18.55 GNU Emacs to a Tandem S2 (fault tolerant
UNIX platform based on the MIPS R2000 chip). With some minor
touch-ups, the port went well. However, I have a perplexing
problem with doing certain keybindings via the .emacs file.

Here's what I currently have in my .emacs file(this is a test case):

; This binding works!
(global-set-key "\eOT" 'forward-char)
; This next one doesn't work
(global-set-key "\eOt" 'backward-char)

When emacs starts up the first binding is there; I checked
using the help function 'B' option to let you see the bindings.
But the SECOND one is not there! While in emacs, if I Meta-Meta
to eval mode and enter in manually, it works!

This is but a simple test case, but I've had others look
at it and we cannot see any reason for this "selective" binding
problem. Any clues?

I guess if no one has an idea I will have to follow the sage
advice of obewon kenobe: "Use the SOURCE, Luke!"

Dennis Govoni
Tandem Computers

P.S. I don't get any startup errors, either.