Re: M-[

[Peter Lee]

Barry Margolin <barry.margolin@level3.com> writes:

> In article <b6l2k3$t5l$1@news-int.gatech.edu>,
> greg jednaszewski  <greg@attenuated.org> wrote:
> >I use swbuff.el for cycling through buffers, and I'd like to be able to
> >bind M-[ to swbuff-switch-to-previous-buffer like so:
> >
> >(global-set-key (kbd "M-[") 'swbuff-switch-to-previous-buffer)
> >
> >However, I can't seem to be able to bind anything to simply M-[.  When I
> >do describe-key on M-[, it expects another keypress, in the same way
> >that C-x expects another keypress.
> >
> >What is the reasoning behind this, and is there any way around it?
> 
> On most ASCII terminals, special function keys (like arrow keys) send
> sequences that begin with ESC [.

I have the following in my .emacs:

(global-set-key "\M-[" 'curly-brace-region)

It's always worked fine for me.  Perhaps it is an OS issue.  I'm on
XP.