Re: Key-binding without minor mode!

[Phillip Lord]

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>> I am confused then. Should the major mode be binding to \t always then,
>> and never [tab]? In which case, what is the point of being able to bind
>> to [tab]?
>
> The major mode should only bind to [tab] if it wants to behave
> differently under a GUI than under a tty (which seems highly unlikely),
> or if it does not care to work under a tty and wants to distinguish the
> TAB key from the C-i key.



org does I think -- it binds tab, and C-i but not "\t".

(org-defkey org-mode-map "\C-i"       'org-cycle)
(org-defkey org-mode-map [(tab)]      'org-cycle)

Phil