GNU bug report logs - #4472
23.1; Emacs manual not too helpful about binding keys

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:00:06 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 4472 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: 23.1; Emacs manual not too helpful about binding keys
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:11:10 -0400

> I couldn't even find the form (kbd...) in the manual, and I thought
> that was what we are now recommending in general (no?).

From the manual:

     There are several ways to write a key binding using Lisp.  The
  simplest is to use the `kbd' macro, which converts a textual
  representation of a key sequence--similar to how we have written key
  sequences in this manual--into a form that can be passed as an argument
  to `global-set-key'.  For example, here's how to bind `C-z' to `shell'
  (*note Interactive Shell::):

       (global-set-key (kbd "C-z") 'shell)

etc., etc.
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