Re: Looking for the "best" notation for key-binding

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 21.09.2012 um 15:29 schrieb Stefan Monnier:

>> I think the vector notation is a good choice:
>>      (global-set-key [C-∫]           'backward-sexp) ; A-C-b
> 
> This likely won't work.  You need
> 
>    (global-set-key [?\C-∫] 'backward-sexp) ; A-C-b
> 
> instead.  Yes, it's an annoyance.  You have to understand the
> distinction between keys that emit characters and other keys (that emit
> symbols).

Yes, it stopped working. A-b produces on my (Mac) keyboard ∫. So ∫ is a symbol 
just as © or Ω? What makes the distinction? Unicode character classes?

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