Re: key bindings

[Kevin Rodgers]

Jeff Rancier wrote:

> Hello All.
>
> I have the function redo bound to C-M-/, in my .emacs as follows:
>
> (global-set-key [M-C-/] 'redo)
>
> The default binding for that sequence is dabbrev-completion, which I don't
> use, so I thought I'd override it.  But, when I execute the key sequence,
> emacs runs dabbrev-completion.  When I C-h k it reports dabbrev-completion,
> which makes sense, but when I manually run redo, emacs reports:
>
> You can run the command 'redo' with <M-C-/>
>
> Something appears confused (other than me!).  Can someone tell me the
> correct way to perform this, and have the binding persist?


The angle brackets indicate that redo is bound to the M-C-/ function key,

which doesn't exist.  You want it bound to the meta- and control-modified
/ character:


        (global-set-key "\M-\C-/" 'redo)


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