From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kai Grossjohann Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: global-set-key not global? Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2004 14:29:39 +0100 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87isihvgvw.fsf@emptyhost.emptydomain.de> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1076247097 19586 80.91.224.253 (8 Feb 2004 13:31:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2004 13:31:37 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Feb 08 14:31:30 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1App22-00065T-00 for ; Sun, 08 Feb 2004 14:31:30 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1App1y-0001eL-1V for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 08 Feb 2004 08:31:26 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!213-203-244-156.kunde.vdserver.DE!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 28 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 213-203-244-156.kunde.vdserver.de (213.203.244.156) Original-X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de 1076246965 37097034 D 213.203.244.156 ([73968] 10430) User-Agent: Gnus/5.110002 (No Gnus v0.2) Emacs/21.2 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:qxJch0JOv3cq9m2UFkdaHmhI7Og= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:120763 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:16710 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:16710 Emory Smith writes: > On Feb 5, 2004, at 12:35 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote: > >>> im using the following in my .emacs: >>> (global-set-key "\C-j" 'bs-cycle-next) >>> (global-set-key "\M-j" 'bs-cycle-previous) >> >>> but a number of major modes still seem to have C-j bound to >>> insert-newline. >>> it works fine if i use local-set-key inside the add-hook for every >>> mode, but >>> seems like i shouldnt have to do this. >> >> Indeed. Report those things as bugs. >> > > so a local keymap entry is not supposed to override a global one? No. But the global bindings for C-j and M-j should work for all modes, so that there is no need for a mode to bind C-j and M-j itself. So Stefan was only referring to these two keys. For other keys, it's different. Kai