Re: open/close threads with `<' and `>'

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On Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:26:00 +0200
Harry Putnam wrote:

> Tassilo Horn <tassilo@member.fsf.org> writes:
>
>> This should do the trick:
>>
>>   (define-key gnus-summary-mode-map (kbd ">") 'gnus-summary-show-thread)
>>   (define-key gnus-summary-mode-map (kbd "<") 'gnus-summary-hide-thread)
>
> AFter loading this, it does not work for me.  I suspect something is
> blocking it somehow.  All I see is a cursor move left or right.
>
> Can you think of anything that could do that?
>
> These are the control sequences I see by pressing (on a terminal
> cmdline):
>
>  Ctrl-v left arrow: ^[[D
> Ctrl-v right arrow: ^[[C
>
> Viewing lossage in emacs shows: <left> <right>

">" is "greater than" (ASCII 0x3e), not the right cursor key. If you
want the latter, use (kbd "<right>") or [right]. Similarly for "<".

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