From: "Pascal J. Bourguignon" <pjb@informatimago.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: How to bind a key locally to a buffer (not mode!)
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 13:36:12 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87egu3vuqb.fsf@kuiper.lan.informatimago.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.11555.1413801786.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Artur Malabarba <bruce.connor.am@gmail.com> writes:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> (global-set-key ...)
>>
>> binds a key globally.
>>
>> (local-set-key ...)
>>
>> binds a key locally, i.e., in the current major mode.
>>
>> I'd like to bind a key in /one buffer/ only, so that the rebinding does
>> not affect other buffers in this mode. I could probably do it by
>> defining a minor mode, which rebinds this key to a function, which runs
>> a function set by a buffer-local variable, but this seems rather
>> convoluted. Is there a simpler way to achieve this?
>
> There is, I used to do this in one of my org buffers. I forget the exact
> code now, but I'll look for it.
>
> You essentially split the current buffer's keymap from its major mode, and
> then call local set key.
1. C-h f local-set-key RET
2. the documentation of local-set-key tells you how to do it:
The binding goes in the current buffer's local map,
which in most cases is shared with all other buffers in the same major mode.
Therefore you should create a buffer local map distinct from the major
mode map.
3. M-x apropos RET local map RET
4. find a command that lets you create a local keymap.
5. use local-set-key with the new buffer local map.
--
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-10-20 11:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-10-19 20:52 How to bind a key locally to a buffer (not mode!) Marcin Borkowski
2014-10-19 21:12 ` John Mastro
2014-10-20 10:43 ` Artur Malabarba
2014-10-20 12:16 ` Artur Malabarba
2014-10-20 14:02 ` Marcin Borkowski
[not found] ` <mailman.11555.1413801786.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-10-20 11:36 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon [this message]
2014-10-20 11:40 ` Stefan Monnier
[not found] <mailman.11531.1413752320.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-10-19 21:30 ` Joost Kremers
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