1.0 Document id

• 1.1 Description
  
• 1.2 Required pre-knowledge
  
• 1.3 Credits
  

2.0 Various binding methods

• 2.1 Foreword to different emacs platforms
  
• 2.2 Emacs versions and key binding syntax compatibility table:
  
• 2.3 Ethics -- what is the correct way?
  

3.0 Finding the key syntax

• 3.1 Know your environment first
  
• 3.2 The M-x view-lossage command helps you
  
• 3.3 Using read-kbd-macro
  
• 3.4 Very easy way: just go and use M-x global-set-key
  
• 3.5 Using key-description by Kevin Rodgers
  

4.0 How do I give argument to command when I bind it to key?

• 4.1 Printing a string by pressing a key
  
• 4.2 Running macro by pressing a key
  
• 4.3 Running existing user functions
  
• 4.4 Running your own lisp function
  
• 4.5 Running function by mouse click
  
• 4.6 Calling function with different default argument
  
• 4.7 Using complex lambda function in key binding
  

5.0 About key maps

• 5.1 Before defining the key, you should know about key maps
  
• 5.2 Default emacs key maps and packages' key maps
  
• 5.3 Prefix keymaps in new emacs versions.
  
• 5.4 Prefix key maps in old emacs versions.
  
• 5.5 Function-key-map -- where do I need it?
  
• 5.6 How to generate C-A-S-H-M modifiers from keyboard keys
  
• 5.7 Local-set-key and global-set-key note
  

6.0 Ascii and non-ascii keys

• 6.1 Emacs info, Character Type
  
• 6.2 General description
  
• 6.3 Emacs info, Named ascii characters
  
• 6.4 Case study: Why can't I assign key <ESC C-'> ?
  
• 6.5 Case study: How to bind a function to Ctrl-?
  
• 6.6 Portable keybindings -- command 'emacs -nw' is your friend
  

7.0 Emacs backspace binding problem

• 7.1 Recent news and related packages
  
• 7.2 Foreword -- background
  
• 7.3 Windowed Emacs mapping
  
• 7.4 Non-windowed Emacs mapping
  
• 7.5 Mapping backspace with 'delete' symbol
  

8.0 Some article snippets, Q/A

• 8.1 I can't use C-s and C-q in emacs due to control flow.
  
• 8.2 Disable C-s/C-q for flow control?
  
• 8.3 Defining keys to isearch map?
  
• 8.4 I'm in emacs that doesn't recognize my function keys?
  
• 8.5 I don't seem to see the Control-Space sequence
  
• 8.6 To get Xterm work with mouse
  
• 8.7 Does these vector notations work only under X ?
  
• 8.8 I have troubles running 'screen' (SUN-OS virtual term) and emacs
  
• 8.9 Modifying keyboard keys in X
  
• 8.10 Swap the control and cap keys on Sun sparc 20 machine?
  
• 8.11 Xterm -- AIX: Meta key missing in emacs -nw
  
• 8.12 HP: meta key missing on 715 and 712?
  
• 8.13 HP: there's no Meta key?
  
• 8.14 HP: xmodmap settings in PC XCeed
  
• 8.15 Could anyone tell me how I could change the meta-key ?
  
• 8.16 How can I set Meta key to Alt?
  
• 8.17 How can I make the alt key work as the meta key?
  
• 8.18 On X window C-SPC says Args out of range #^[nil nil nil
  
• 8.19 Carpal tunnel syndrome: Any way to reduce left wrist pain?
  
• 8.20 Telnet connection -- backspace ?
  
• 8.21 Latin Charset handling ?
  
• 8.22 Linux: I can't rebind C-up in terminal window?
  
• 8.23 Linux: cursor keys problem
  

9.0 Xmodmap introduction -- Changing your X environment

• 9.1 How X key bindings work
  
• 9.2 Xmodmap and keysyms -- as explained in the 'xkeycaps'
  
• 9.3 Example -- xmodmap for select and kp-f1
  
• 9.4 Example -- sun keyboard xmodamp
  
• 9.5 Example -- remap the control key
  

10.0 Code

• 10.1 Perl code to remap Meta-Modeswitch
  

11.0 CASE STUDY -- Connection to remote emacs through Xterm

• 11.1 Foreword
  
• 11.2 The connection does not know my keyboard
  
• 11.3 How do I know what a key produces (ascii sequences?)
  
• 11.4 Short xmodmap(1) glimpse
  
• 11.5 Xev -- Spot your X-events(keys) easily
  
• 11.6 Xterm's -xrm switch for key settings, where are the key names?
  
• 11.7 Custom xterm -- making xterm to translate character for connection
  
• 11.8 Remote emacs setup
  
• 11.9 Testing the special Xterm and remote emacs co-operation
  
• 11.10 Complete, live, setup -- Modify to personal needs