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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Key-binding without minor mode!
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 14:46:31 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwv4mwedmn3.fsf-monnier+gmane.emacs.help@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87sijyb43f.fsf@newcastle.ac.uk

> But if the major-mode defines binds to [tab] then it will override the
> minor mode.

Indeed.  It might be a bug in the major-mode, tho (which manifests
for example under ttys where the TAB key sends a \t rather than a `tab').

> I think I have no choice but to handle tab explicitly. Is [tab] the only
> key that works like this?

No.  What you're trying to do is inherently tricky/fiddly/unreliable
because Emacs's key-binding infrastructure is not designed for that.

You might want to report a bug asking for some feature that lets you do
what you want (which I suspect is something like "let my command
delegate to the next command bound to this key").


        Stefan




  reply	other threads:[~2014-09-11 18:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-09-11 11:47 Key-binding without minor mode! Phillip Lord
2014-09-11 12:19 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-09-11 14:22   ` Phillip Lord
2014-09-11 14:31     ` Stefan Monnier
2014-09-11 14:53       ` Phillip Lord
2014-09-11 18:46         ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2014-09-12  9:50           ` Phillip Lord
2014-09-12 11:51             ` Stefan Monnier
2014-09-12 15:24               ` Phillip Lord
2014-09-12 16:56                 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-09-15 12:48                   ` Phillip Lord
2014-09-15 14:19                     ` Stefan Monnier
2014-09-15 15:58                       ` Phillip Lord

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