key bindings from the user's point-of-view

Hi there, since running X on Red Hat LiNUX 5.1 with the de-latin1 keymap, I get this boring "dead-circumflex not defined" whenever I touch the "^"-key (and I don't mean Control) in XEmacs. The key works fine in other applications (e.g. pressing "^", then space will give me the circumflex in xterm) - so I imagine I should correct the key binding in XEmacs. I can see two ways to do this: a) binding the circumflex character to the dead-circumflex key, b) using dead-circumflex the same way dead-anything is used (with X-compose). I would've been *so* happy if I would've been able to figure out how method a) works. But I wasn't. The info manual has at least a dozen examples on how to use global-set-key to set a key to a command. But I want to set it to a character sequence. The FAQ talks quite a bit about key bindings - but, you might've guessed - no hint on how to redefine a key to insert a simple character. [For the records: the last thing I tried was: global-set-key ^ self-insert-command] Actually my goal is to be able to use XEmacs without having to learn elisp (hey, you need that kind of beta-tester, too, right?). I know you folks can provide me with a code-snippet that inserts a circumflex in the active buffer - if you do, please make sure to put it in xemacs.info, too. OTOH: I think I shouldn't see a message like "dead-circumflex not defined" after a fresh installation. Has Red Hat messed up something or is it something in my local setup? As soon as you've solved this problem, you're allowed to resume your battles over the next generation of scripting language, which I'll of course refuse to learn. [Hey, just kidding, let me sincerely bow to all of you building the most powerful tool in this part of the galaxy...] -- Regards, Marc <URL:http://www.saar.de/bong/signatur.html> "Lotto: A tax on people who are bad at math." -- unknown "Windows: Microsoft's tax on computer illiterates." -- WE7U