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- From: <jari.aalto@poboxes.com> (Jari Aalto+mail.emacs)
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- Subject: Emacs keybinding guide
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- Archive-name: GNU-Emacs-FAQ/keybindings-pointer
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- URL: http://tiny-tools.sourceforge.net/emacs-keys.html
- Maintainer: Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@poboxes.com>
-
- Announcement: "All you wanted to know about Emacs keybindings"
-
- Note, [X]Emacs FAQ is available to you via keypress C-h F.
-
- Document discusses how do you deal with Emacs keybindings. There is
- step by step instructions how you use your X window's `xmodmap' program
- to start using emacs better in X.
-
- Document also explains how to set up special xterm for telnet
- connections -- running remote emacs with transparent keybinding.
- Finally includes many ready examples and questions and answers compiled
- from usenet emacs newsgroups.
-
- An exerpt from the document
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- 2.1 Foreword to different emacs platforms
-
- The old Emacs C-A-S-H-M modifiers map to new syntax like this:
-
- old Emacs Emacs 19.30+ and XEmacs19.14+
- [C-tab] [(control tab)]
- [A-1] [(alt ?1)]
- [S-up] [(shift up)]
- [H-prior] [(hyper prior)] ;; in HP prior = PgUp
- [M-f1] [(meta f1)]
-
- The [()] syntax works fine between the Emacs and XEmacs, but
- there are problems with themouse symbol names, which are
- different:
-
- [(control shift mouse-1)] ;; Emacs name: mouse-1
- [(control shift button1up)] ;; XEmacs name: button1up
-
- 2.2 Emacs versions and keybinding syntax compatibility table:
-
- m-1 : recognizes Emacs styled mouse binding, `mouse-1'
- b1 : recognizes XEmacs styled mouse binding, `button1'
- r-k-m : read-kbd-macro
- _yes : works 95%, but there are known bugs.
-
- ------------------------------------------------------
- style: [] [()] m-1 b1 r-k-m kbd
- ------------------------------------------------------
- Emacs 19.28-30 yes no yes no no no
- Emacs 19.31-33 yes yes yes no bugs no
- Emacs 19.34 yes yes yes no _yes no
- Emacs 20.1-4 yes yes yes no yes yes
- Emacs 21.1 yes yes yes no yes yes
- ------------------------------------------------------
- XEmacs 19.13-14 no yes no yes no no
- XEmacs 19.15-16 no yes _yes yes yes no
- XEmacs 20.2-5 no yes yes yes yes yes
- ------------------------------------------------------
-
- [SL Baur <steve@xemacs.org>] There is no XEmacs 20.1. There are two
- flavors of XEmacs 20.0 floating around. They are not compatible.
- One is more like XEmacs 19.14 (the one on the Sun CD), the other
- (the 'net released one) is more like XEmacs 19.15/16. Note that the
- form `[C-A-S-H-M]' will never be supported by XEmacs.
-
- Table of contents
-
- 1.0 Document id
- 1.1 Description
- 1.2 Required pre-knowledge
- 1.3 Related lisp packages
- 1.4 Credits
-
- 2.0 Quick reference -- finding the key syntax
- 2.1 Foreword to different emacs platforms
- 2.2 Emacs versions and keybinding syntax compatibility table:
- 2.3 Ethics -- what is the correct way?
- 2.4 The M-x view-lossage command helps you
- 2.5 Using read-kbd-macro
- 2.6 Very easy way: just go and use M-x global-set-key
- 2.7 Using key-description by Kevin Rodgers
-
- 3.0 How do I give argument to command when I bind it to key?
- 3.1 Printing a string by pressing a key
- 3.2 Running macro by pressing a key
- 3.3 Running existing user functions
- 3.4 Running your own lisp function
- 3.5 Runnning function by mouse click
- 3.6 Calling function with different default argument
- 3.7 Using complex lambda function in keybinding
-
- 4.0 About keymaps
- 4.1 Before defining the key, you should know about keymaps
- 4.2 Default emacs keymaps and packages' keymaps
- 4.3 Prefix keymaps in new emacs versions.
- 4.4 Prefix keymaps in old emacs versions.
- 4.5 Function-key-map -- where do I need it?
- 4.6 How to generate C-A-S-H-M modifiers from keyboard keys
- 4.7 Local-set-key and global-set-key note
-
- 5.0 Ascii and non-ascii keys
- 5.1 Emacs info, Character Type
- 5.2 General description
- 5.3 Emacs info, Named ascii characters
- 5.4 Case study: Why can't I assign key <ESC C-'> ?
- 5.5 Case study: How to bind a function to Ctrl-?
- 5.6 Portable keybindings -- command 'emacs -nw' is your friend
-
- 6.0 Emacs backspace binding problem
- 6.1 Related packages
- 6.2 Foreword -- background
- 6.3 Windowed Emacs mapping
- 6.4 Non-windowed Emacs mapping
- 6.5 Mapping backspace with 'delete' symbol
-
- 7.0 Some article snippets, Q/A
- 7.1 I can't use C-s and C-q in emacs due to control flow.
- 7.2 Disable C-s/C-q for flow control?
- 7.3 Defining keys to isearch map?
- 7.4 I'm in emacs that doesn't recognize my function keys?
- 7.5 I don't seem to see the Control-Space sequence
- 7.6 To get Xterm work with mouse
- 7.7 Does these vector, notations work only under X ?
- 7.8 I have troubles running 'screen' (SUN-OS virtual term) and emacs
- 7.9 Modifying keyboard keys in X
- 7.10 Win95: swapping ctrl-caps keys ?
- 7.11 Swap the control and cap keys on Sun sparc 20 machine?
- 7.12 Xterm -- AIX: Meta key missing in emacs -nw
- 7.13 HP: meta key missing on 715 and 712?
- 7.14 HP: there's no Meta key?
- 7.15 HP: Jari's xmodmap settings in PC XCeed
- 7.16 Could anyone tell me how I could change the meta-key ?
- 7.17 How can I set Meta key to Alt?
- 7.18 How can I make the alt key work as the meta key?
- 7.19 On X window C-SPC says Args out of range #^[nil nil nil
- 7.20 Carpal tunnel syndrome: Any way to reduce left wrist pain?
- 7.21 Telnet connection -- backspace ?
- 7.22 Latin Charset handling ?
- 7.23 Linux: I can't rebind C-up in terminal window?
- 7.24 Linux: cursor keys problem
-
- 8.0 Xmodmap introduction -- Changing your X environment
- 8.1 How X keybindings work
- 8.2 Xmodmap and keysyms -- as explained in the 'xkeycaps'
- 8.3 Example -- xmodmap for select and kp-f1
- 8.4 Example -- sun keyboard xmodamp
- 8.5 Example -- remap the control key
-
- 9.0 Code
- 9.1 Perl code to remap Meta-Modeswitch
-
- 10.0 CASE STUDY -- Connection to remote emacs through Xterm
- 10.1 Foreword
- 10.2 The connection does not know my keyboard
- 10.3 How do I know what a key produces (ascii sequences?)
- 10.4 Short xmodmap(1) glimpse
- 10.5 Xev -- Spot your X-events(keys) easily
- 10.6 Xterm's -xrm switch for key settings, where are the key names?
- 10.7 Custom xterm -- making xterm to translate character for connection
- 10.8 Remote emacs setup
- 10.9 Testing the special Xterm and remote emacs co-operation
- 10.10 Complete, live, setup -- Modify to personal needs
-
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