Re: Cut and open commands?

[saneman]

saneman wrote:
> I would like to redefine cut and open to: C-x and C-o regardless of the 
> built in definitions. But I cannot redefine cut:
>
> (global-set-key "\C-x" 'kill)
>
> when I select some text and press C-x I just get:
>
> symbols function definition is void:kill
>
> And what are the function called that opens a new file?
>
>
> Currently I have to press C-space to start a mark in the text that I can 
> use to select some text. Is it possible to just redefine to shift 
> instead of C-space?


Problems solved. Now I only need to find a way to use the shift modifier 
for set-mark-command:


(global-set-key "\S" 'set-mark-command)

S does not not work. Have tried Shift but that does not work either. Is 
shift not part of the keymap in emacs?