(emacs.info) Function Keys

 
 Rebinding Function Keys
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    Key sequences can contain function keys as well as ordinary
 characters.  Just as Lisp characters (actually integers) represent
 keyboard characters, Lisp symbols represent function keys.  If the
 function key has a word as its label, then that word is also the name of
 the corresponding Lisp symbol.  Here are the conventional Lisp names for
 common function keys:
 
 `left', `up', `right', `down'
      Cursor arrow keys.
 
 `begin', `end', `home', `next', `prior'
      Other cursor repositioning keys.
 
 `select', `print', `execute', `backtab'
 `insert', `undo', `redo', `clearline'
 `insertline', `deleteline', `insertchar', `deletechar',
      Miscellaneous function keys.
 
 `f1', `f2', ... `f35'
      Numbered function keys (across the top of the keyboard).
 
 `kp-add', `kp-subtract', `kp-multiply', `kp-divide'
 `kp-backtab', `kp-space', `kp-tab', `kp-enter'
 `kp-separator', `kp-decimal', `kp-equal'
      Keypad keys (to the right of the regular keyboard), with names or
      punctuation.
 
 `kp-0', `kp-1', ... `kp-9'
      Keypad keys with digits.
 
 `kp-f1', `kp-f2', `kp-f3', `kp-f4'
      Keypad PF keys.
 
    These names are conventional, but some systems (especially when using
 X windows) may use different names.  To make certain what symbol is used
 for a given function key on your terminal, type `C-h c' followed by
 that key.
 
    A key sequence which contains function key symbols (or anything but
 ASCII characters) must be a vector rather than a string.  The vector
 syntax uses spaces between the elements, and square brackets around the
 whole vector.  Thus, to bind function key `f1' to the command `rmail',
 write the following:
 
      (global-set-key [f1] 'rmail)
 
 To bind the right-arrow key to the command `forward-char', you can use
 this expression:
 
      (global-set-key [right] 'forward-char)
 
 This uses the Lisp syntax for a vector containing the symbol `right'.
 (This binding is present in Emacs by default.)
 
     Init Rebinding, for more information about using vectors for
 rebinding.
 
    You can mix function keys and characters in a key sequence.  This
 example binds `C-x <NEXT>' to the command `forward-page'.
 
      (global-set-key [?\C-x next] 'forward-page)
 
 where `?\C-x' is the Lisp character constant for the character `C-x'.
 The vector element `next' is a symbol and therefore does not take a
 question mark.
 
    You can use the modifier keys <CTRL>, <META>, <HYPER>, <SUPER>,
 <ALT> and <SHIFT> with function keys.  To represent these modifiers,
 add the strings `C-', `M-', `H-', `s-', `A-' and `S-' at the front of
 the symbol name.  Thus, here is how to make `Hyper-Meta-<RIGHT>' move
 forward a word:
 
      (global-set-key [H-M-right] 'forward-word)
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