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From: jr@BBN.COM (John Robinson)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Re: Mapping ctl-x-map
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Date: 12 Oct 89 20:30:24 GMT
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Xav Gittler wrote:

> Is there a way to make a different key work as a C-X? A terminal
> emulation package I'm using seems to lose C-X.

The following two lines will bind C-^ so that it behaves like C-X.
The first is probably unnecessary, unless you used this by-default
unused control-key for something.

  (global-unset-key "\C-^")
  (global-set-key "\C-^" ctl-x-map)

Although global-set-key doesn't appear to allow keymaps as arguments,
in fact it does as it simply calls (define-key) using global-map and
its arguments, so the documentation of (define-key) tells the real
story.

/jr, nee John Robinson     Life did not take over the globe by combat,
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