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bug#7803: 23.1; Need better definition of vector notation in define-key
From: |
Glenn Morris |
Subject: |
bug#7803: 23.1; Need better definition of vector notation in define-key |
Date: |
Mon, 10 Jan 2011 18:34:30 -0500 |
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Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) |
Larry Evans wrote:
> (define KEYMAP [t] DEFAULT_BINDING)
>
> then any key, KEY, which has *not* occurred in a call:
>
> (define-key KEYMAP KEY def)
>
> for some value of def, has the DEFAULT_BINDING in KEYMAP.
Yes.
> After fishing around the manual, I found it in the info node, "Other
> Char Bits" which contains:
>
> The Lisp syntax for the shift bit is `\S-'; thus, `?\C-\S-o' or
> `?\C-\S-O' represents the shifted-control-o character.
>
> The ? was a bit mysterious at first, but more fishing showed
> me what it meant, but I don't remember where that info node is.
If you read the "Key Bindings" section in the Emacs manual (which
again, I think provides a better first introduction than the Elisp
manual), it gives clear examples of the vector syntax ("Rebinding Keys
in Your Init File"). It has C- and M-, it just doesn't mention S-,
AFAICS. C- and M- are explained right at the start of the manual
("2 Kinds of User Input").