Re: binding b-key to pageback behavior

[VanL <van@scratch.space>]

Emanuel Berg writes:

> VanL wrote:
>
>> Is there a general configuration to bind
>> b-key to pageback?
>
> Well, how would that work? In your code, it
> isn't even the same function, it is
> `scroll-down-command', then its
> `View-scroll-page-backward'... And even if it
> did, after evaluating it one wouldn't be able
> to write this very message!

Those modes the customization is done to are for reading only in the
main.

SPC behaves as expected there and I look for the reverse binding to
apply to b.

> What you can do, is something like:
>
> (defun set-vertical-keys (map)
>   "Set MAP keys for moving point vertically."
>   (define-key map "i" #'previous-line)
>   (define-key map "k" #'next-line) ) ; [1]
>
> and then, for example for the
> gnus-summary-mode, do
>
> (require 'gnus-sum)
> (set-vertical-keys gnus-summary-mode-map)
>
> Also, I'd recommend not doing this in hooks,
> unless you have to.

Thanks for the suggestions.  Are you able to put a LICENSE on your code?

For example, I keep a CC0 empty file and..

#+NAME: example
#+BEGIN_SRC c
  /*
   ,* Copyright (c) yyyy xxx <xxx@bughat.com>
   ,*
   ,* Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
   ,* purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
   ,* copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
   ,*
   ,* THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
   ,* WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
   ,* MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR
   ,* ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
   ,* WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
   ,* ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
   ,* OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
   ,*/

#+END_SRC

> [1] https://dataswamp.org/~incal/emacs-init/scroll.el

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