Re: Looking for a sneaky key binding

[Kevin Rodgers]

Dan Bensen wrote:
> After making a new command, I wanted to bind it to M-C-|.
> This form didn't work:
>   (global-set-key <name> 'my-command)
>
> where <name> was equal to
>   "\M-\C-|"
>   "\M-\C-\|"
>   "|\M-\C-\||"
>
> on separate attempts.  The error message was always
>   "Invalid modifier in string".

See these sections of the Emacs Lisp manual:

Nonprinting Characters in Strings
Non-ASCII Characters in Strings
Changing Key Bindings

> So is there another trick somewhere that does this,
> or is it not supported?

Use the vector notation (Emacs manual: Rebinding Keys in Your Init File):

[?\M-\C-|]

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Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA