File: keypad.el.html

The keypad package allows easy binding of the keypad keys to various commonly used sets of commands.

With the following setup, the keypad can be used for numeric data entry when NumLock is off, and to give numeric prefix arguments to Emacs commands, when NumLock is on.

 keypad-setup => Plain Numeric Keypad
 keypad-numlock-setup => Prefix numeric args

   +--------+--------+--------+
   | M-7 | M-8 | M-9 | <- numlock on
   | 7 | 8 | 9 | <- numlock off
   +--------+--------+--------+
   | M-4 | M-5 | M-6 |
   | 4 | 5 | 6 |
   +--------+--------+--------+
   | M-1 | M-2 | M-3 |
   | 1 | 2 | 3 |
   +--------+--------+--------+
   | M-0 | M-- |
   | 0 | . |
   +-----------------+--------+

The following keypad setup is used for navigation together with modes like cua-mode which uses shifted movement keys to extend the region.

 keypad-setup => Cursor keys
 keypad-shifted-setup => Shifted cursor keys

   +--------+--------+--------+
   | S-home | S-up | S-PgUp | <- shifted, numlock off
   | Home | up | PgUp | <- unshifted, numlock off
   +--------+--------+--------+
   | S-left |S-space |S-right |
   | left | space | right |
   +--------+--------+--------+
   | S-end | S-down | S-PgDn |
   | end | down | PgDn |
   +--------+--------+--------+
   | S-insert |S-delete|
   | insert | delete |
   +-----------------+--------+

The following setup binds the unshifted keypad keys to plain numeric keys when NumLock is either on or off, but the decimal key produces either a . (NumLock off) or a , (NumLock on). This is useful for e.g. Danish users where the decimal separator is a comma.

 keypad-setup => Plain Numeric Keypad
 keypad-numlock-setup => Numeric Keypad with Decimal key: ,

   +--------+--------+--------+
   | 7 | 8 | 9 | <- numlock on
   | 7 | 8 | 9 | <- numlock off
   +--------+--------+--------+
   | 4 | 5 | 6 |
   | 4 | 5 | 6 |
   +--------+--------+--------+
   | 1 | 2 | 3 |
   | 1 | 2 | 3 |
   +--------+--------+--------+
   | 0 | , |
   | 0 | . |
   +-----------------+--------+

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