define-key minibuffer-mode-map

define-key minibuffer-mode-map

[Florian Kaufmann]

Hello

I try to change the keybindings for the minibuffer. I put the following
in my init.el

(add-hook 'minibuffer-mode-hook
          '(lambda ()
             (define-key minibuffer-mode-map [(control j)]
'backward-char)
             (define-key minibuffer-mode-map [(control l)]
'forward-char) ))

But it doesn't seem to work. If I'm in the minibuffer invoked trough a
grep-find, C-j still exits the minibuffer. Has anybody an idea what
went wrong?

Thank you & greetings

Flo

Re: define-key minibuffer-mode-map

[Kevin Rodgers]

Florian Kaufmann wrote:
> I try to change the keybindings for the minibuffer. I put the following
> in my init.el
> 
> (add-hook 'minibuffer-mode-hook
>           '(lambda ()
>              (define-key minibuffer-mode-map [(control j)]
> 'backward-char)
>              (define-key minibuffer-mode-map [(control l)]
> 'forward-char) ))
> 
> But it doesn't seem to work. If I'm in the minibuffer invoked trough a
> grep-find, C-j still exits the minibuffer. Has anybody an idea what
> went wrong?

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Where did you get the idea that there is a hook called
minibuffer-mode-hook and a keymap called minibuffer-mode-map (or a mode
called minibuffer-mode)?

Try minibuffer-setup-hook, and use local-set-key (which does not take a
keymap argument) instead of define-key.

-- 
Kevin Rodgers