Topic: Used Key Bindings

Which keys are used under Ctrl-x? . . .

= Here are the used XEmacs bindings, in my setup. version: XEmacs 21.4 (patch 12) All Ctrl-x, ??? combos. (They are followed by the LISP functions tied to each.)

• b: switch-to-buffer
• h: mark-whole-buffer
• i: insert-file
• j: jump-to-register
• k: kill-buffer
• l: count-lines-page
• m: compose-mail
• o: other-window
• q: kbd-macro-query
• s: save-some-buffers
• u: advertised-undo
• x: copy-to-register

• So, what keys are available? a c d e f g n p r t v w y z. Fourteen of them. That doesn't seem to leave a lot. What else can we do?

= Do you want to "dare" toss away the standard key bindings, above. (A few are your rudimentary file command keys.) Royally scramble up your mode-support to key map? I don't think so. But, there has to be another way. Or a better way?

= Next, I show how to "define" a text string to a key binding. Then, we'll think about this problem, and look at other suggestions.

Platform: Linux
Level: Basic
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