From: jadamson@partners.org (Joel J. Adamson)
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: global-set-key in text-mode
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:24:03 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ve4j4h6k.fsf@W0053328.mgh.harvard.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: ade201d9-cf94-4dd9-b6e3-28715d254ffd@i12g2000prf.googlegroups.com
educkworth@loyola.edu writes:
> I have the following key binding in my .emacs file
>
> (global-set-key "\M-s" 'save-buffer)
Notice the word "global" at the beginning of the function
`global-set-key'. This means that it gets overridden by special modes.
The mode is buffer-local, meaning that if you switch to another major
mode, the binding is still there. What you want to do is redefine it
for text mode: there's a great explanation of how to fix keybindings
that inadvertently get reset by major modes in Chapter 11, section
"Customizing Existing Modes" of _Learning GNU Emacs_ from O'Reilly.
Here's a summary:
(add-hook 'text-mode-hook
'(lambda ()
(define-key text-mode-map "\M-s" 'save-buffer)))
Try "M-x describe-mode" for a listing of keybindings. "\M-x where-is"
also tells you the keybinding of any command.
HTH,
Joel
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-02-20 18:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-02-20 16:53 global-set-key in text-mode educkworth
2008-02-20 18:24 ` Joel J. Adamson [this message]
2008-02-20 19:01 ` educkworth
2008-02-20 19:04 ` educkworth
2008-02-24 6:12 ` Dave Benjamin
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