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Phillip Lord <p.lord@russet.org.uk> writes:


> I a new major mode, how do I disable all keybindings, except for those
> that I specify. In particular I would want all the normally
> self-insert keys to do nothing at all (except where I have bound the
> explicitly). 

Sounds a bit like Erik Naggums's "poor man's vi-mode":

,----
|     (use-global-map (make-sparse-keymap))
| 
| like vi, it will beep at everything you do, and you can't quit.
| have fun!
`----