[ < ] | [ > ] | [ << ] | [ Up ] | [ >> ] | [Top] | [Contents] | [Index] | [ ? ] |
Key sequences can contain function keys as well as ordinary characters. Just as Lisp characters (actually integers) represent keyboard characters, Lisp symbols represent function keys. If the function key has a word as its label, then that word is also the name of the corresponding Lisp symbol. Here are the conventional Lisp names for common function keys:
left
, up
, right
, down
Cursor arrow keys.
begin
, end
, home
, next
, prior
Other cursor repositioning keys.
select
, print
, execute
, backtab
insert
, undo
, redo
, clearline
insertline
, deleteline
, insertchar
, deletechar
Miscellaneous function keys.
f1
, f2
, … f35
Numbered function keys (across the top of the keyboard).
kp-add
, kp-subtract
, kp-multiply
, kp-divide
kp-backtab
, kp-space
, kp-tab
, kp-enter
kp-separator
, kp-decimal
, kp-equal
Keypad keys (to the right of the regular keyboard), with names or punctuation.
kp-0
, kp-1
, … kp-9
Keypad keys with digits.
kp-f1
, kp-f2
, kp-f3
, kp-f4
Keypad PF keys.
These names are conventional, but some systems (especially when using X) may use different names. To make certain what symbol is used for a given function key on your terminal, type C-h c followed by that key.
A key sequence which contains function key symbols (or anything but
ASCII characters) must be a vector rather than a string. The vector
syntax uses spaces between the elements, and square brackets around the
whole vector. Thus, to bind function key `f1' to the command
rmail
, write the following:
(global-set-key [f1] 'rmail) |
To bind the right-arrow key to the command forward-char
, you can
use this expression:
(global-set-key [right] 'forward-char) |
This uses the Lisp syntax for a vector containing the symbol
right
. (This binding is present in Emacs by default.)
@xref{Init Rebinding}, for more information about using vectors for rebinding.
You can mix function keys and characters in a key sequence. This
example binds C-x NEXT to the command forward-page
.
(global-set-key [?\C-x next] 'forward-page) |
where ?\C-x
is the Lisp character constant for the character
C-x. The vector element next
is a symbol and therefore
does not take a question mark.
You can use the modifier keys CTRL, META, HYPER, SUPER, ALT and SHIFT with function keys. To represent these modifiers, add the strings `C-', `M-', `H-', `s-', `A-' and `S-' at the front of the symbol name. Thus, here is how to make Hyper-Meta-RIGHT move forward a word:
(global-set-key [H-M-right] 'forward-word) |
[ < ] | [ > ] | [ << ] | [ Up ] | [ >> ] | [Top] | [Contents] | [Index] | [ ? ] |
This document was generated by Roberto on abril, 2 2007 using texi2html 1.76.