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Say I have some interactive function in Emacs my-function, how can I bind it to Ctrl + RET?
I have tried with:
(global-set-key (kbd "C-RET") 'my-function)
and
(global-set-key (kbd "C-return") 'my-function)
but none of them seem to work. is this at all possible?
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Keys can be bound to commands either interactively or in your . emacs file. To interactively bind keys for all modes, type M-x global-set-key RET key cmd RET . To bind a key just in the current major mode, type M-x local-set-key RET key cmd RET .
"RET" is the Return key while emacs runs in a terminal. and run emacs in terminal, your keybinding will have no effect. But the problem is, by binding (kbd "RET") , you are also binding (kbd "C-m") , regardless you run emacs in terminal or GUI.
C- means "control key", Hold down the control key while. pressing the next key. M- means "meta key", (“Escape” in the lab, on other computers sometimes “Alt”).
Always remember that kbd very conveniently accepts the exact same syntax that Emacs gives you when you ask it about a key sequence, so you never ever have to guess.
C-hkC-RET tells me:
<C-return>
therefore I would use (kbd "<C-return>")
OTOH, when running Emacs in my terminal, C-hkC-RET tells me:
C-j
because C-RET isn't a valid control character in a terminal, and therefore Emacs isn't receiving the same input that it gets in GUI mode (so I wouldn't be able to use that binding in my terminal).
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