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wasn't it produced via Shift+3 ?

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sorry should have said this is on a UK keyboard. M-3 produces the #

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Alright, I see now...

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On the standard US keyboard layout, the # symbol is ⇧ Shift+3. On standard UK and some European keyboards, the same keystrokes produce the pound currency symbol (£), and # is moved to a separate key above the right shift. On UK Mac keyboards, # is generated by ⌥ Opt+3, whereas on European Mac keyboards, the # can be found above the right shift key. Under DOS and Microsoft Windows, it can be also generated through the Alt code Alt+35.

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I just use an American layout as it makes things easier.

The following should work

(global-unset-key (kbd "M-3"))
(global-set-key (kbd "M-3") (lambda () (interactive) (insert "#")))

However, on my system it still seems to be bound to window-mode shortcuts.

This did work though:

(define-key global-map (kbd "C-c 3") (lambda () (interactive) (insert "#")))

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Thanks Sam,

This didn' t work.

The following should work

(global-unset-key (kbd "M-3"))
(global-set-key (kbd "M-3") (lambda () (interactive) (insert "#")))

However, on my system it still seems to be bound to window-mode shortcuts.

This did work.

This did work though:

(define-key global-map (kbd "C-c 3") (lambda () (interactive) (insert "#")))

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