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@setfilename ../../info/keymaps
@node Keymaps, Modes, Command Loop, Top
When commands are remapped (@pxref{Remapping Commands}),
@code{key-binding} normally processes command remappings so as to
-returns the remapped command that will actually be executed. However,
+return the remapped command that will actually be executed. However,
if @var{no-remap} is non-@code{nil}, @code{key-binding} ignores
remappings and returns the binding directly specified for @var{key}.
The @code{global-set-key} and @code{local-set-key} functions are
convenient interfaces for these operations (@pxref{Key Binding
Commands}). You can also use @code{define-key}, a more general
-function; then you must specify explicitly the map to change.
+function; then you must explicitly specify the map to change.
When choosing the key sequences for Lisp programs to rebind, please
follow the Emacs conventions for use of various keys (@pxref{Key
@section Remapping Commands
@cindex remapping commands
- A special kind of key binding, using a special ``key sequence''
-which includes a command name, has the effect of @dfn{remapping} that
-command into another. Here's how it works. You make a key binding
-for a key sequence that starts with the dummy event @code{remap},
-followed by the command name you want to remap. Specify the remapped
-definition as the definition in this binding. The remapped definition
-is usually a command name, but it can be any valid definition for
-a key binding.
+ A special kind of key binding can be used to @dfn{remap} one command
+to another, without having to refer to the key sequence(s) bound to
+the original command. To use this feature, make a key binding for a
+key sequence that starts with the dummy event @code{remap}, followed
+by the command name you want to remap; for the binding, specify the
+new definition (usually a command name, but possibly any other valid
+definition for a key binding).
- Here's an example. Suppose that My mode uses special commands
-@code{my-kill-line} and @code{my-kill-word}, which should be invoked
-instead of @code{kill-line} and @code{kill-word}. It can establish
-this by making these two command-remapping bindings in its keymap:
+ For example, suppose My mode provides a special command
+@code{my-kill-line}, which should be invoked instead of
+@code{kill-line}. To establish this, its mode keymap should contain
+the following remapping:
@smallexample
(define-key my-mode-map [remap kill-line] 'my-kill-line)
-(define-key my-mode-map [remap kill-word] 'my-kill-word)
@end smallexample
-Whenever @code{my-mode-map} is an active keymap, if the user types
-@kbd{C-k}, Emacs will find the standard global binding of
-@code{kill-line} (assuming nobody has changed it). But
-@code{my-mode-map} remaps @code{kill-line} to @code{my-kill-line},
-so instead of running @code{kill-line}, Emacs runs
-@code{my-kill-line}.
+@noindent
+Then, whenever @code{my-mode-map} is active, if the user types
+@kbd{C-k} (the default global key sequence for @code{kill-line}) Emacs
+will instead run @code{my-kill-line}.
-Remapping only works through a single level. In other words,
+ Note that remapping only takes place through active keymaps; for
+example, putting a remapping in a prefix keymap like @code{ctl-x-map}
+typically has no effect, as such keymaps are not themselves active.
+In addition, remapping only works through a single level; in the
+following example,
@smallexample
(define-key my-mode-map [remap kill-line] 'my-kill-line)
@end smallexample
@noindent
-does not have the effect of remapping @code{kill-line} into
-@code{my-other-kill-line}. If an ordinary key binding specifies
-@code{kill-line}, this keymap will remap it to @code{my-kill-line};
-if an ordinary binding specifies @code{my-kill-line}, this keymap will
-remap it to @code{my-other-kill-line}.
+@code{kill-line} is @emph{not} remapped to @code{my-other-kill-line}.
+Instead, if an ordinary key binding specifies @code{kill-line}, it is
+remapped to @code{my-kill-line}; if an ordinary binding specifies
+@code{my-kill-line}, it is remapped to @code{my-other-kill-line}.
To undo the remapping of a command, remap it to @code{nil}; e.g.
of menus in advance. To force recalculation of the menu bar, call
@code{force-mode-line-update} (@pxref{Mode Line Format}).
- You've probably noticed that menu items show the equivalent keyboard key
-sequence (if any) to invoke the same command. To save time on
-recalculation, menu display caches this information in a sublist in the
-binding, like this:
-
-@c This line is not too long--rms.
-@example
-(@var{item-string} @r{[}@var{help}@r{]} (@var{key-binding-data}) . @var{real-binding})
-@end example
-
-@noindent
-Don't put these sublists in the menu item yourself; menu display
-calculates them automatically. Don't mention keyboard equivalents in
-the item strings themselves, since that is redundant.
-
@node Extended Menu Items
@subsubsection Extended Menu Items
@kindex menu-item
@var{item-property-list}, has the form of a property list which contains
other information.
- When an equivalent keyboard key binding is cached, the extended menu
-item binding looks like this:
-
-@example
-(menu-item @var{item-name} @var{real-binding} (@var{key-binding-data})
- . @var{item-property-list})
-@end example
-
Here is a table of the properties that are supported:
@table @code
[work] '("Work" . work-command) 'break)
@end example
@end defun
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-@ignore
- arch-tag: cfb87287-9364-4e46-9e93-6c2f7f6ae794
-@end ignore
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