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Re: Problems binding keys
From: |
Sean Richards |
Subject: |
Re: Problems binding keys |
Date: |
Mon, 24 Nov 2003 11:51:01 +1300 |
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Gnus/5.1002 (Gnus v5.10.2) Emacs/21.3 (windows-nt) |
Dan Anderson <dan@mathjunkies.com> writes:
> I'm trying to figure out how to bind some keys and place the LISP in
> my .emacs. I can't figure out how to use the "vectors" to represent
> keys. For instance, I think the following should work:
>
> (global-set-key "C-c f" font-lock-mode)
>
> But I just get a bunch of lisp errors.
>
> What am I doing wrong?
Using vector notation means just that, enclosing the characters that
represent the key sequence inside a vector [].
I think the following would probably be better :)
(global-set-key (kbd "C-c f") 'font-lock-mode)
You need the ' in front of font-lock-mode as otherwise it is evaluated
as a variable (I think).
--
Sean Richards
Applied Management and Computing Division
P.O. Box 84, Lincoln University,
Canterbury, New Zealand
Phone: (64)(3) 3252-811 ext 8015
Email: richars3@lincoln.ac.nz