Re: Trouble with global-set-key to map meta-g with 'goto-line

[Hadron Quark]

 "Barry"posted on 2006-04-21:

> In article <874q0oqf2v.fsf-monnier+gnu.emacs.help@gnu.org>,
>  Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
>
>> > I am a beginner with GNU Emacs(21.3.1). I added this line to ~/.emacs
>> >    (global-set-key [(meta-g)] 'goto-line)
>>                               ^
>>                              ^^^
>> 
>> That should be a space, otherwise you're trying to bind the "meta-g" key,
>> which I'm pretty sure you don't have on your keyboard.
>
> If you're going to use ASCII art as a pointer, mae sure you're using a 
> fixed-width font.  Your arrow is pointing to the quote before goto-line, 
> not the hyphen in meta-g.
>

err, he did. Looks fine on my fixed width *reader*. Sounds like you
are not using fixed width font.

LOL.