Re: remapping keys

[Seldon]

Stefan Monnier wrote:
> > Hi.  I'm an Emacs newbie  and I need help about remapping keyboard keys.
>
> > I would like to bind the curly brackets "}" and "{" to another keys, handier
> > to me (I have an italian keyboard, so the key sequence for the brackets is
> > quite clumsy...)
>
> > What's the procedure for doing so ?
>
> It all depends on how you want the remapping to behave.  Do you want
> this remapping only within Emacs?

Yes.

> Do you want it to apply to things
> like C-{ and M-}?  How about C-x { ?
Yes, why not ?



> I personally prefer to do those kinds of "inconvenient keyboard" things
> globally by choosing another keyboard layout (e.g. with
> gnome-keyboard-properties).

I would prefer a more selective approach, remapping only the keys I need.

>         Stefan


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