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How do I set the X key “translations” for Emacs?

April 26, 2017Emacs key translations

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How do I set the X key “translations” for Emacs?

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Emacs is not written using the Xt library by default, so there are no “translations” to be set. (We aren’t sure how to set such translations if you do build Emacs with Xt; please let us know if you’ve done this!) The only way to affect the behavior of keys within Emacs is through xmodmap (outside Emacs) or define-key (inside Emacs). The define-key command should be used in conjunction with the function-key-map map. For instance, (define-key function-key-map [M-TAB] [?\M-\t]) defines the M-TAB key sequence.