Carbon-emacs: re-enable hash key?

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How can I re-enable the hash (#) key in carbon-emacs on the mac? I've tried everything I've come across in google and still can't get it working.

My config file currently looks like this:

(require 'redo+)
(require 'mac-key-mode)
(mac-key-mode 1)
(setq default-input-method "MacOSX")
(setq mac-command-modifier 'alt mac-option-modifier 'meta)

The above has enabled all the Command+Key bindings (such as Cmd+S for saving), but Alt+3 isn't working.

I'd normally work around it but I'm programming in Python and # is rather useful for comments! ;)

There are keyboard layouts which doesn't require Option to generate hash -- US QWERTY and Dvorak, for example, have it as Shift-3. Is this too intrusive? — ephemient, Nov 09 '09 at 22:24
Possible duplicate of [Emacs question - hash key](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3977069/emacs-question-hash-key) — mmmmmm, Dec 31 '18 at 11:17

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 10 '09 at 23:10

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How about adding this to .emacs, setting up a macro and then binding M-3 to it:

(fset 'insertPound
   "#")
(global-set-key (kbd "M-3") 'insertPound)

answered Nov 10 '09 at 23:10

Kendall Helmstetter Gelner

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it's good, but it doesn't work when doing isearch (It stops the search and puts the '#' into the main buffer, instead.) – jrg Oct 14 '13 at 08:51
to follow up on my own comment, (define-key isearch-mode-map (kbd "M-3") '(lambda () (interactive) (isearch-process-search-char ?\#))) – jrg May 16 '15 at 13:19
Thanks for figuring that out. – Kendall Helmstetter Gelner May 18 '15 at 06:34

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:33

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I know this is a bit late and the answer has been accepted. However, I have just moved from Linux to MacOS and had the same problem.

Posted my response on a similar question: https://stackoverflow.com/a/21722619/1308653

I hope this helps someone.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:33

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answered Feb 12 '14 at 08:36

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score -2 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 09 '09 at 21:53

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Have you thought about moving to Aquamacs?

answered Nov 09 '09 at 21:53

Kendall Helmstetter Gelner

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Well, it's still emacs under the hood, and its emacs which is seeing Alt+3 as M-3 and doing nothing about it. – Phillip B Oldham Nov 09 '09 at 22:05
The stuff "under the hood" is not what gets key events from the OS. – jrockway Nov 10 '09 at 02:09

Carbon-emacs: re-enable hash key?

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