Re: global-set-key [?\M-ö]

[Ole Laursen]

Martin aus Chemnitz <MartinAusChemnitz@gmx.net> writes:

> I use
>   GNU Emacs 21.3.1 (i386-msvc-windows98.2222)
> and tried to bind a function to a German Umlaut key in my .emacs file,
> but
>   (global-set-key  [?\M-ö] 'forward-word)
> did not work. There was no error message, but no binding as well.

I have the same problem with binding C-æ. It was discussed here
recently - it is probably a bug in Emacs 21.3, Jesper Harder filed a
bug report AFAIK.

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Ole Laursen
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