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Re: How not to share `local-set-key' with all other buffers in the same
From: |
Stefan Monnier |
Subject: |
Re: How not to share `local-set-key' with all other buffers in the same major mode? |
Date: |
Fri, 02 Apr 2021 08:55:59 -0400 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
> I would like to use editing modes as temporary view modes where I
> would like to set a key like "q" or "i" temporarily, like this for
> example:
>
> (local-set-key "q" 'quit-window)
>
> And I use it in read only mode. The binding goes in the current
> buffer’s local map, which in most cases is shared with all other
> buffers in the same major mode.
To avoid it, you can use something like:
(use-local-map
(let ((map (make-sparse-keymap)))
(set-keymap-parent map (current-local-map))
map))
before doing your `local-set-key`.
Stefan