Custom keybinding getting over-ridden in python mode

Custom keybinding getting over-ridden in python mode

[Roy Smith]

I have two Ubuntu Precise boxes that are both running GNU Emacs 23.3.1.  I have the same init.el file on both boxes, which contains, among other things, the binding:

(global-set-key "\C-cm" 'compile)

On one machine (the one I've been running for a couple of years), this works in all modes.  On the new machine that I just set up, the keybinding seems to get lost in Python mode.  When I type C-C m, it echos "C-c m-" at the bottom of the screen and waits for more input. It works fine in other modes, and M-X compile works in python mode.

Any clue what might be different between the two boxes which is causing this behavior?

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Roy Smith
roy@panix.com

Re: Custom keybinding getting over-ridden in python mode

[Roy Smith]

Follow-up:

Not surprisingly, on the "broken" machine, when I do C-h b to look at the keymap, it includes:

C-c m           Prefix Command

C-c m l         pylint
C-c m n         next-error
C-c m p         previous-error

which the other machine does not.  How do I figure out where those extra key bindings might be coming from?



On Apr 2, 2014, at 12:53 PM, Roy Smith wrote:

> I have two Ubuntu Precise boxes that are both running GNU Emacs 23.3.1.  I have the same init.el file on both boxes, which contains, among other things, the binding:
> 
> (global-set-key "\C-cm" 'compile)
> 
> On one machine (the one I've been running for a couple of years), this works in all modes.  On the new machine that I just set up, the keybinding seems to get lost in Python mode.  When I type C-C m, it echos "C-c m-" at the bottom of the screen and waits for more input. It works fine in other modes, and M-X compile works in python mode.
> 
> Any clue what might be different between the two boxes which is causing this behavior?
> 
> ---
> Roy Smith
> roy@panix.com
> 


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Roy Smith
roy@panix.com

Re: Custom keybinding getting over-ridden in python mode

[Rusi]

On Wednesday, April 2, 2014 10:35:12 PM UTC+5:30, Roy Smith wrote:
> Follow-up:
> 
> 
> 
> Not surprisingly, on the "broken" machine, when I do C-h b to look at the keymap, it includes:
> 
> 
> C-c m           Prefix Command
> 
> C-c m l         pylint
> C-c m n         next-error
> C-c m p         previous-error

Hi Roy!

Not by way of answer but just reducing the sources of problem:
Have you tried going from global-set-key to define-key on the suitable keymap?

[Sorry I am without emacs ATM so its that vague]