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From: bbadger@x102c.harris-atd.com (Badger BA 64810)
Newsgroups: gnu.emacs
Subject: How do I (enable-arrow-keys) at start-up?
Keywords: .emacs, vt200, enable-arrow-keys
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Date: 28 Aug 89 19:08:21 GMT
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I can't seem to do ``(enable-arrow-keys)'' in my ``~/.emacs file''.  What
is the correct means to making ``enable-arrow-keys' my default?  Everything
I've tried generates a "Error in init file".

Does anyone know how to do this right?

I looked at lisp/term/vt200.el and found:
<<start quote>>

(defun enable-arrow-keys ()
  "Enable the use of the VT200 arrow keys and dark function keys.
Because of the nature of the VT200, this unavoidably breaks
the standard Emacs command ESC [; therefore, it is not done by default,
but only if you give this command."
  (interactive)
  (global-set-key "\e[" CSI-map))

<<end quote>>

So I tried just putting 
  (global-set-key "\e[" CSI-map)
in my ``.emacs''.  That didn't work.  

I also tried byte-compile-file to get:
   ;;;--- Warning, actual escape character in next line ---
  (global-set-key "[" CSI-map)
and that didn't work.  

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