C> Hrvoje Niksic writes: C> Thank you very much Hrvoje. This is exactly what I needed. C> I think I understand key bindings a little but more now. I believe the CANONICAL way to do this is via (global-unset-key [(alt a)]) ;; probably not necessary (define-key function-key-map [(alt a)] [ydiaeresis]) There are so many wonderful ways to define what your keyboard does in xemacs. Combine that with xmodmap, loadkeys, xkb, and you can start your new career as a keyboard-remapping consultant!