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Re: bypassing defining prefix keys
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Andreas Schwab |
Subject: |
Re: bypassing defining prefix keys |
Date: |
Sun, 04 Feb 2007 22:19:21 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/22.0.91 (gnu/linux) |
"Drew Adams" <address@hidden> writes:
> Here's why. In dired.el, instead of defining `*' and `%' as prefix keys, a
> shortcut is taken. `*' and `%' are each bound to nil, so that they are
> undefined in `dired-mode-map', and then each of the `*-<whatever>' and
> `%-<whatever> key sequences is bound directly in `dired-mode-map'. That is:
>
> (define-key dired-mode-map "*" nil)
> (define-key dired-mode-map "*/" 'dired-mark-directories)
> ...
>
> This explains the behavior I get, but I wonder if `*' and `%' should be
> defined this way.
Before the remap feature existed you had to remove the existing binding
for "*" (from suppress-keymap) before you could redefine it as a prefix
key.
Andreas.
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