From: Tassilo Horn <tassilo@member.fsf.org>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: What does it mean: (define-key mode-specific-map [?a] 'org-agenda)
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:35:49 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <871vgwc2re.fsf@thinkpad.tsdh.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 942B3B793327BB4DA113CF35156A0A480EB112@GCVMAIL2.corp.geze.com
"Krause, Joerg" <j.krause@geze.com> writes:
Hi Jörg,
> After examining the manual and serveral sites, I still don't
> understand the term [?a] within that statement. Can anybody brighten
> my mind?
The square brackets say it's a vector, and ?x is the reader-syntax for
characters. So it's a vector with exactly one item, the character `a'.
So this statement binds the command `org-agenda' to the key `a' in the
keymap `mode-specific-map'.
You could have written any of the following with equal results:
(define-key mode-specific-map "?a" 'org-agenda)
(define-key mode-specific-map (kbd "a") 'org-agenda)
I prefer the `kbd' version. That understands the keybinding syntax that
is displayed in `C-h k', and which is used in all manuals, too.
,----[ C-h f kbd RET ]
| kbd is a Lisp macro in `subr.el'.
|
| (kbd KEYS)
|
| Convert KEYS to the internal Emacs key representation.
| KEYS should be a string constant in the format used for
| saving keyboard macros (see `edmacro-mode').
`----
Bye,
Tassilo
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-02-07 18:14 What does it mean: (define-key mode-specific-map [?a] 'org-agenda) Krause, Joerg
2010-02-07 18:30 ` Matt Lundin
2010-02-07 18:35 ` Tassilo Horn [this message]
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