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I am totally new to Emacs and on this first day I am trying to do very basic stuff in emacs. I am stuck at switching buffers when there is a terminal window open (by using M-x term). The next buffer command changes from <XF86Forward> to C-c C-<right>. I tried to type Ctrl + c + Ctrl + -> on the keyboard, but it still doesn't work. What is the problem here?

P.S. I am using macOS Mojave and Emacs 26.1.

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C-<right> (sometimes written <C-right>) means press and hold the Control key while hitting the <right> key. The <right> key is the right-arrow key.

Emacs key notation is described here: (emacs) User Input.

You can get to that doc within Emacs, by doing this: C-h r i keyboard input.

That is:

  1. Use C-h (Control + h) followed by r to visit the Emacs manual.
  2. Use i followed by inputting the text keyboard input.

In a manual, i looks things up in the Index. Looking up keyboard input it puts you in the manual node User Input.

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  • I tried doing it but no new line showing C-c C-<right> on the Message buffer, while C-c s-<right> can be produced when I held and pressed the command key for s on mac. Why doesn't my C-<right> work? – kumom Sep 25 '19 at 19:23
  • Found the answer here. After deselect these shortcuts I can use this command. Thanks a lot! – kumom Sep 25 '19 at 19:26

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