Re: keyboard-translate working for Control but not for Alt

[harven]

Elena <egarrulo@gmail.com> writes:

> Hello,
>
> since I use a Dvorak keyboard, I'd like to swap C-x and C-t, as it is
> suggested here:
>
> http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/DvorakKeyboard#toc4
>
> The proposed code performs its task:
>
> http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/DvorakKeyboard#toc4
>
> (keyboard-translate ?\C-x ?\C-t)
> (keyboard-translate ?\C-t ?\C-x)
>
> Out of curiosity, I tried to swap M-x and M-t as well:
>
> (keyboard-translate ?\M-x ?\M-t)
> (keyboard-translate ?\M-t ?\M-x)

Use instead 

(global-set-key (kbd "M-x") 'execute-extended-command)
(global-set-key (kbd "M-t") 'transpose-words)

In contrast to C-x, M-x and M-t are not prefix keys.
So it is not necessary to use a keyboard-translation.