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From: rbj@dsys.icst.nbs.GOV (Root Boy Jim)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: see-chars for GNU
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Date: 2 May 89 20:21:40 GMT
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? From: "Randal L. Schwartz @ Stonehenge" <littlei!omepd!merlyn@uunet.uu.net>

? Ever wonder what characters a function key sends out, or one of those
? other "unknown" keys like "scroll right"?  Well, even if you don't
? have one of those problems today, tuck this little goody away, 'cause
? it'll help you figure that out when the time comes.

? `see-chars' accepts *any* characters (including a C-g) until a
? three-second timeout has passed.  It then tosses up a human-readable
? display of the characters entered.

[elisp deleted]

That ought to do the trick, but is overkill for most keys, which usually
send out either an escape (or perhaps some other control character)
followed by printable characters.

When I want to find out what a key types I just precede it with ^Q.

	Root Boy Jim is what I am
	Are you what you are or what?