On Jan 8, 2008 3:53 PM, Lennart Borgman (gmail) <lennart.borgman@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Forrest wrote: > > > > > > global-set-key (kbd "C-,")
> > > > '(lambda () "scroll the page down" (interactive) (scroll- > > > > down 1))) > > > > > > The console and other terminal emulations can only produce "key
> > > events" in the ASCII or extended ASCII range, i.e. 8 bit characters > > > (man ascii). Therefore not every time you hold down the control > > > "modifier" key and press some other key something with a meaning is
> > > produced. It's like when you're scribbling on paper: not every > > > "picture" is a letter or a digit or worth an exhibition at MOMA ... > > > C-, can work X which has its own concept of events that are
> > > abstracted from ASCII codes. > > > > C-x C-c work well in console, so i guess there must be something wrong > > with my key-binding settings. and also, emacs was designed in ages when
> > X was not popular, it's unreasonable that custom key-binding doesn't work > > > > i'm a newbie, could you give me any detailed clue to solve it? > > > You can use
> > C-h c (or C-h k) > > to find out what keys Emacs sees. Try for example > > C-h c C-, > > and look at the bottom of the screen for the message you receive. >
i tried C-h c C-, in console, nothing happened, seems like emacs didn't receive the key pressing event