@perl -MWin32::Clipboard -0777 -e "$c=Win32::Clipboard(<>);" "%1" #### (fset 'my-copy-whole-buffer "\C-xh\367") (global-set-key "\C-a" 'my-copy-whole-buffer) #### " this is the mapping created (for command mode) " like gvim shows it in response to :map command " yggvG " this is the actual map command as you type it " less-than and greater-than indicate key to type " :map yggvG map  yggvG