I was also intrigued by this package. Enhancing `global-set-key' in a
similar manner might be a huge win (after all - there are only so many good
keybindings available...).


On 3 January 2014 22:09, Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> wrote:

> I was intrigued by https://github.com/yuutayamada/mykie-el by Yato
> Yamada (CC here).  It's GPL v3.
>
> Here's an example of context-dependent usage:
>
> (mykie:global-set-key "C-j"
>    :default  '(progn
>                 (delete-trailing-whitespace)
>                 (case major-mode
>                   (org-mode (org-return-indent))
>                   (t        (newline-and-indent))))
>    :C-u&eolp '(fill-region (point-at-bol) (point-at-eol))
>    :region   'query-replace-regexp)
>
> (many other keywords are available, e.g. :prog for activating only in
> programming modes)
>
> I think it's worth considering either making this part of
> `global-set-key' or at least putting mykie.el in the Emacs core.  Unlike
> most ELPA packages (GNU or otherwise), I think this one should be
> available by default, like CUA.  I don't know if Yamada-san wants to
> assign copyright and sign the Emacs contributor papers, but I hope he
> does.
>
> Ted
>
>
>