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6558 | 1 @c -*-texinfo-*- |
2 @c This is part of the GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual. | |
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3 @c Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
6558 | 4 @c See the file elisp.texi for copying conditions. |
5 @setfilename ../info/keymaps | |
6 @node Keymaps, Modes, Command Loop, Top | |
7 @chapter Keymaps | |
8 @cindex keymap | |
9 | |
10 The bindings between input events and commands are recorded in data | |
11 structures called @dfn{keymaps}. Each binding in a keymap associates | |
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12 (or @dfn{binds}) an individual event type either to another keymap or to |
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13 a command. When an event type is bound to a keymap, that keymap is used |
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14 to look up the next input event; this continues until a command is |
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15 found. The whole process is called @dfn{key lookup}. |
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17 @menu | |
18 * Keymap Terminology:: Definitions of terms pertaining to keymaps. | |
19 * Format of Keymaps:: What a keymap looks like as a Lisp object. | |
20 * Creating Keymaps:: Functions to create and copy keymaps. | |
21 * Inheritance and Keymaps:: How one keymap can inherit the bindings | |
22 of another keymap. | |
23 * Prefix Keys:: Defining a key with a keymap as its definition. | |
24 * Active Keymaps:: Each buffer has a local keymap | |
25 to override the standard (global) bindings. | |
26 A minor mode can also override them. | |
27 * Key Lookup:: How extracting elements from keymaps works. | |
28 * Functions for Key Lookup:: How to request key lookup. | |
29 * Changing Key Bindings:: Redefining a key in a keymap. | |
30 * Key Binding Commands:: Interactive interfaces for redefining keys. | |
31 * Scanning Keymaps:: Looking through all keymaps, for printing help. | |
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32 * Menu Keymaps:: Defining a menu as a keymap. |
6558 | 33 @end menu |
34 | |
35 @node Keymap Terminology | |
36 @section Keymap Terminology | |
37 @cindex key | |
38 @cindex keystroke | |
39 @cindex key binding | |
40 @cindex binding of a key | |
41 @cindex complete key | |
42 @cindex undefined key | |
43 | |
44 A @dfn{keymap} is a table mapping event types to definitions (which | |
45 can be any Lisp objects, though only certain types are meaningful for | |
46 execution by the command loop). Given an event (or an event type) and a | |
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47 keymap, Emacs can get the event's definition. Events include |
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48 characters, function keys, and mouse actions (@pxref{Input Events}). |
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50 A sequence of input events that form a unit is called a | |
51 @dfn{key sequence}, or @dfn{key} for short. A sequence of one event | |
52 is always a key sequence, and so are some multi-event sequences. | |
53 | |
54 A keymap determines a binding or definition for any key sequence. If | |
55 the key sequence is a single event, its binding is the definition of the | |
56 event in the keymap. The binding of a key sequence of more than one | |
57 event is found by an iterative process: the binding of the first event | |
58 is found, and must be a keymap; then the second event's binding is found | |
59 in that keymap, and so on until all the events in the key sequence are | |
60 used up. | |
61 | |
62 If the binding of a key sequence is a keymap, we call the key sequence | |
63 a @dfn{prefix key}. Otherwise, we call it a @dfn{complete key} (because | |
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64 no more events can be added to it). If the binding is @code{nil}, |
6558 | 65 we call the key @dfn{undefined}. Examples of prefix keys are @kbd{C-c}, |
66 @kbd{C-x}, and @kbd{C-x 4}. Examples of defined complete keys are | |
67 @kbd{X}, @key{RET}, and @kbd{C-x 4 C-f}. Examples of undefined complete | |
68 keys are @kbd{C-x C-g}, and @kbd{C-c 3}. @xref{Prefix Keys}, for more | |
69 details. | |
70 | |
71 The rule for finding the binding of a key sequence assumes that the | |
72 intermediate bindings (found for the events before the last) are all | |
73 keymaps; if this is not so, the sequence of events does not form a | |
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74 unit---it is not really one key sequence. In other words, removing one |
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75 or more events from the end of any valid key sequence must always yield |
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76 a prefix key. For example, @kbd{C-f C-n} is not a key sequence; |
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77 @kbd{C-f} is not a prefix key, so a longer sequence starting with |
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78 @kbd{C-f} cannot be a key sequence. |
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80 The set of possible multi-event key sequences depends on the bindings |
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81 for prefix keys; therefore, it can be different for different keymaps, |
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82 and can change when bindings are changed. However, a one-event sequence |
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83 is always a key sequence, because it does not depend on any prefix keys |
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84 for its well-formedness. |
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86 At any time, several primary keymaps are @dfn{active}---that is, in | |
87 use for finding key bindings. These are the @dfn{global map}, which is | |
88 shared by all buffers; the @dfn{local keymap}, which is usually | |
89 associated with a specific major mode; and zero or more @dfn{minor mode | |
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90 keymaps}, which belong to currently enabled minor modes. (Not all minor |
6558 | 91 modes have keymaps.) The local keymap bindings shadow (i.e., take |
92 precedence over) the corresponding global bindings. The minor mode | |
93 keymaps shadow both local and global keymaps. @xref{Active Keymaps}, | |
94 for details. | |
95 | |
96 @node Format of Keymaps | |
97 @section Format of Keymaps | |
98 @cindex format of keymaps | |
99 @cindex keymap format | |
100 @cindex full keymap | |
101 @cindex sparse keymap | |
102 | |
103 A keymap is a list whose @sc{car} is the symbol @code{keymap}. The | |
104 remaining elements of the list define the key bindings of the keymap. | |
105 Use the function @code{keymapp} (see below) to test whether an object is | |
106 a keymap. | |
107 | |
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108 Several kinds of elements may appear in a keymap, after the symbol |
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109 @code{keymap} that begins it: |
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111 @table @code |
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112 @item (@var{type} .@: @var{binding}) |
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113 This specifies one binding, for events of type @var{type}. Each |
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114 ordinary binding applies to events of a particular @dfn{event type}, |
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115 which is always a character or a symbol. @xref{Classifying Events}. |
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117 @item (t .@: @var{binding}) |
6558 | 118 @cindex default key binding |
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119 This specifies a @dfn{default key binding}; any event not bound by other |
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120 elements of the keymap is given @var{binding} as its binding. Default |
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121 bindings allow a keymap to bind all possible event types without having |
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122 to enumerate all of them. A keymap that has a default binding |
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123 completely masks any lower-precedence keymap. |
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125 @item @var{vector} |
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126 If an element of a keymap is a vector, the vector counts as bindings for |
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127 all the @sc{ASCII} characters, codes 0 through 127; vector element |
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128 @var{n} is the binding for the character with code @var{n}. This is a |
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129 compact way to record lots of bindings. A keymap with such a vector is |
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130 called a @dfn{full keymap}. Other keymaps are called @dfn{sparse |
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131 keymaps}. |
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133 When a keymap contains a vector, it always defines a binding for each |
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134 @sc{ASCII} character, even if the vector contains @code{nil} for that |
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135 character. Such a binding of @code{nil} overrides any default key |
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136 binding in the keymap, for @sc{ASCII} characters. However, default |
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137 bindings are still meaningful for events other than @sc{ASCII} |
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138 characters. A binding of @code{nil} does @emph{not} override |
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139 lower-precedence keymaps; thus, if the local map gives a binding of |
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140 @code{nil}, Emacs uses the binding from the global map. |
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142 @item @var{string} |
6558 | 143 @cindex keymap prompt string |
144 @cindex overall prompt string | |
145 @cindex prompt string of keymap | |
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146 Aside from bindings, a keymap can also have a string as an element. |
6558 | 147 This is called the @dfn{overall prompt string} and makes it possible to |
148 use the keymap as a menu. @xref{Menu Keymaps}. | |
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149 @end table |
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151 @cindex meta characters lookup | |
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152 Keymaps do not directly record bindings for the meta characters. |
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153 Instead, meta characters are regarded for |
6558 | 154 purposes of key lookup as sequences of two characters, the first of |
155 which is @key{ESC} (or whatever is currently the value of | |
156 @code{meta-prefix-char}). Thus, the key @kbd{M-a} is really represented | |
157 as @kbd{@key{ESC} a}, and its global binding is found at the slot for | |
158 @kbd{a} in @code{esc-map} (@pxref{Prefix Keys}). | |
159 | |
160 Here as an example is the local keymap for Lisp mode, a sparse | |
161 keymap. It defines bindings for @key{DEL} and @key{TAB}, plus @kbd{C-c | |
162 C-l}, @kbd{M-C-q}, and @kbd{M-C-x}. | |
163 | |
164 @example | |
165 @group | |
166 lisp-mode-map | |
167 @result{} | |
168 @end group | |
169 @group | |
170 (keymap | |
171 ;; @key{TAB} | |
172 (9 . lisp-indent-line) | |
173 @end group | |
174 @group | |
175 ;; @key{DEL} | |
176 (127 . backward-delete-char-untabify) | |
177 @end group | |
178 @group | |
179 (3 keymap | |
180 ;; @kbd{C-c C-l} | |
181 (12 . run-lisp)) | |
182 @end group | |
183 @group | |
184 (27 keymap | |
185 ;; @r{@kbd{M-C-q}, treated as @kbd{@key{ESC} C-q}} | |
186 (17 . indent-sexp) | |
187 ;; @r{@kbd{M-C-x}, treated as @kbd{@key{ESC} C-x}} | |
188 (24 . lisp-send-defun))) | |
189 @end group | |
190 @end example | |
191 | |
192 @defun keymapp object | |
193 This function returns @code{t} if @var{object} is a keymap, @code{nil} | |
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194 otherwise. More precisely, this function tests for a list whose |
6558 | 195 @sc{car} is @code{keymap}. |
196 | |
197 @example | |
198 @group | |
199 (keymapp '(keymap)) | |
200 @result{} t | |
201 @end group | |
202 @group | |
203 (keymapp (current-global-map)) | |
204 @result{} t | |
205 @end group | |
206 @end example | |
207 @end defun | |
208 | |
209 @node Creating Keymaps | |
210 @section Creating Keymaps | |
211 @cindex creating keymaps | |
212 | |
213 Here we describe the functions for creating keymaps. | |
214 | |
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215 @c ??? This should come after make-sparse-keymap |
6558 | 216 @defun make-keymap &optional prompt |
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217 This function creates and returns a new full keymap (i.e., one |
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218 containing a vector of length 128 for defining all the @sc{ASCII} |
6558 | 219 characters). The new keymap initially binds all @sc{ASCII} characters |
220 to @code{nil}, and does not bind any other kind of event. | |
221 | |
222 @example | |
223 @group | |
224 (make-keymap) | |
225 @result{} (keymap [nil nil nil @dots{} nil nil]) | |
226 @end group | |
227 @end example | |
228 | |
229 If you specify @var{prompt}, that becomes the overall prompt string for | |
230 the keymap. The prompt string is useful for menu keymaps (@pxref{Menu | |
231 Keymaps}). | |
232 @end defun | |
233 | |
234 @defun make-sparse-keymap &optional prompt | |
235 This function creates and returns a new sparse keymap with no entries. | |
236 The new keymap does not bind any events. The argument @var{prompt} | |
237 specifies a prompt string, as in @code{make-keymap}. | |
238 | |
239 @example | |
240 @group | |
241 (make-sparse-keymap) | |
242 @result{} (keymap) | |
243 @end group | |
244 @end example | |
245 @end defun | |
246 | |
247 @defun copy-keymap keymap | |
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248 This function returns a copy of @var{keymap}. Any keymaps that |
6558 | 249 appear directly as bindings in @var{keymap} are also copied recursively, |
250 and so on to any number of levels. However, recursive copying does not | |
251 take place when the definition of a character is a symbol whose function | |
252 definition is a keymap; the same symbol appears in the new copy. | |
253 @c Emacs 19 feature | |
254 | |
255 @example | |
256 @group | |
257 (setq map (copy-keymap (current-local-map))) | |
258 @result{} (keymap | |
259 @end group | |
260 @group | |
261 ;; @r{(This implements meta characters.)} | |
262 (27 keymap | |
263 (83 . center-paragraph) | |
264 (115 . center-line)) | |
265 (9 . tab-to-tab-stop)) | |
266 @end group | |
267 | |
268 @group | |
269 (eq map (current-local-map)) | |
270 @result{} nil | |
271 @end group | |
272 @group | |
273 (equal map (current-local-map)) | |
274 @result{} t | |
275 @end group | |
276 @end example | |
277 @end defun | |
278 | |
279 @node Inheritance and Keymaps | |
280 @section Inheritance and Keymaps | |
281 @cindex keymap inheritance | |
282 @cindex inheriting a keymap's bindings | |
283 | |
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284 A keymap can inherit the bindings of another keymap, which we call the |
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285 @dfn{parent keymap}. Such a keymap looks like this: |
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287 @example | |
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288 (keymap @var{bindings}@dots{} . @var{parent-keymap}) |
6558 | 289 @end example |
290 | |
291 @noindent | |
292 The effect is that this keymap inherits all the bindings of | |
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293 @var{parent-keymap}, whatever they may be at the time a key is looked up, |
6558 | 294 but can add to them or override them with @var{bindings}. |
295 | |
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296 If you change the bindings in @var{parent-keymap} using @code{define-key} |
6558 | 297 or other key-binding functions, these changes are visible in the |
298 inheriting keymap unless shadowed by @var{bindings}. The converse is | |
299 not true: if you use @code{define-key} to change the inheriting keymap, | |
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303 @code{set-keymap-parent}; if you have code that directly constructs a |
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305 @code{set-keymap-parent} instead. |
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312 @defun set-keymap-parent keymap parent |
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314 @var{parent}. If @var{parent} is @code{nil}, this function gives |
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317 If @var{keymap} has submaps (bindings for prefix keys), they too receive |
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318 new parent keymaps that reflect what @var{parent} specifies for those |
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319 prefix keys. |
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322 Here is an example showing how to make a keymap that inherits | |
323 from @code{text-mode-map}: | |
324 | |
325 @example | |
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326 (let ((map (make-sparse-keymap))) |
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327 (set-keymap-parent map text-mode-map) |
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330 | |
331 @node Prefix Keys | |
332 @section Prefix Keys | |
333 @cindex prefix key | |
334 | |
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344 @itemize @bullet | |
345 @item | |
346 @vindex esc-map | |
347 @findex ESC-prefix | |
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350 This map is also the function definition of @code{ESC-prefix}. |
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352 @item | |
353 @cindex @kbd{C-h} | |
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354 @code{help-map} is the global keymap for the @kbd{C-h} prefix key. |
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356 @item | |
357 @cindex @kbd{C-c} | |
358 @vindex mode-specific-map | |
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360 @kbd{C-c}. This map is actually global, not mode-specific, but its name |
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365 @item | |
366 @cindex @kbd{C-x} | |
367 @vindex ctl-x-map | |
368 @findex Control-X-prefix | |
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371 @code{Control-X-prefix}. |
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385 @c Emacs 19 feature | |
386 @item | |
387 @cindex @kbd{C-x 5} | |
388 @vindex ctl-x-5-map | |
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392 @c Emacs 19 feature | |
393 @item | |
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414 @key{ESC}} and @kbd{@key{ESC} @key{ESC}}. They use keymaps that have no |
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428 keys appear in the global map, so these prefix keys are always |
6558 | 429 available. Major and minor modes can redefine a key as a prefix by |
430 putting a prefix key definition for it in the local map or the minor | |
431 mode's map. @xref{Active Keymaps}. | |
432 | |
433 If a key is defined as a prefix in more than one active map, then its | |
434 various definitions are in effect merged: the commands defined in the | |
435 minor mode keymaps come first, followed by those in the local map's | |
436 prefix definition, and then by those from the global map. | |
437 | |
438 In the following example, we make @kbd{C-p} a prefix key in the local | |
439 keymap, in such a way that @kbd{C-p} is identical to @kbd{C-x}. Then | |
440 the binding for @kbd{C-p C-f} is the function @code{find-file}, just | |
441 like @kbd{C-x C-f}. The key sequence @kbd{C-p 6} is not found in any | |
442 active keymap. | |
443 | |
444 @example | |
445 @group | |
446 (use-local-map (make-sparse-keymap)) | |
447 @result{} nil | |
448 @end group | |
449 @group | |
450 (local-set-key "\C-p" ctl-x-map) | |
451 @result{} nil | |
452 @end group | |
453 @group | |
454 (key-binding "\C-p\C-f") | |
455 @result{} find-file | |
456 @end group | |
457 | |
458 @group | |
459 (key-binding "\C-p6") | |
460 @result{} nil | |
461 @end group | |
462 @end example | |
463 | |
464 @defun define-prefix-command symbol | |
465 @cindex prefix command | |
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477 | |
478 @node Active Keymaps | |
479 @section Active Keymaps | |
480 @cindex active keymap | |
481 @cindex global keymap | |
482 @cindex local keymap | |
483 | |
484 Emacs normally contains many keymaps; at any given time, just a few of | |
485 them are @dfn{active} in that they participate in the interpretation | |
486 of user input. These are the global keymap, the current buffer's | |
487 local keymap, and the keymaps of any enabled minor modes. | |
488 | |
489 The @dfn{global keymap} holds the bindings of keys that are defined | |
490 regardless of the current buffer, such as @kbd{C-f}. The variable | |
491 @code{global-map} holds this keymap, which is always active. | |
492 | |
493 Each buffer may have another keymap, its @dfn{local keymap}, which may | |
494 contain new or overriding definitions for keys. The current buffer's | |
495 local keymap is always active except when @code{overriding-local-map} | |
496 overrides it. Text properties can specify an alternative local map for | |
497 certain parts of the buffer; see @ref{Special Properties}. | |
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501 | |
502 The variable @code{overriding-local-map}, if non-@code{nil}, specifies | |
503 another local keymap that overrides the buffer's local map and all the | |
504 minor mode keymaps. | |
505 | |
506 All the active keymaps are used together to determine what command to | |
507 execute when a key is entered. Emacs searches these maps one by one, in | |
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519 @cindex major mode keymap | |
520 Since every buffer that uses the same major mode normally uses the | |
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531 The minibuffer has local keymaps, too; they contain various completion | |
532 and exit commands. @xref{Intro to Minibuffers}. | |
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538 | |
539 @defvar global-map | |
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540 This variable contains the default global keymap that maps Emacs |
6558 | 541 keyboard input to commands. The global keymap is normally this keymap. |
542 The default global keymap is a full keymap that binds | |
543 @code{self-insert-command} to all of the printing characters. | |
544 | |
545 It is normal practice to change the bindings in the global map, but you | |
546 should not assign this variable any value other than the keymap it starts | |
547 out with. | |
548 @end defvar | |
549 | |
550 @defun current-global-map | |
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6558 | 552 same as the value of @code{global-map} unless you change one or the |
553 other. | |
554 | |
555 @example | |
556 @group | |
557 (current-global-map) | |
558 @result{} (keymap [set-mark-command beginning-of-line @dots{} | |
559 delete-backward-char]) | |
560 @end group | |
561 @end example | |
562 @end defun | |
563 | |
564 @defun current-local-map | |
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6558 | 566 if it has none. In the following example, the keymap for the |
567 @samp{*scratch*} buffer (using Lisp Interaction mode) is a sparse keymap | |
568 in which the entry for @key{ESC}, @sc{ASCII} code 27, is another sparse | |
569 keymap. | |
570 | |
571 @example | |
572 @group | |
573 (current-local-map) | |
574 @result{} (keymap | |
575 (10 . eval-print-last-sexp) | |
576 (9 . lisp-indent-line) | |
577 (127 . backward-delete-char-untabify) | |
578 @end group | |
579 @group | |
580 (27 keymap | |
581 (24 . eval-defun) | |
582 (17 . indent-sexp))) | |
583 @end group | |
584 @end example | |
585 @end defun | |
586 | |
587 @defun current-minor-mode-maps | |
588 This function returns a list of the keymaps of currently enabled minor modes. | |
589 @end defun | |
590 | |
591 @defun use-global-map keymap | |
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597 | |
598 @defun use-local-map keymap | |
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6558 | 600 buffer. If @var{keymap} is @code{nil}, then the buffer has no local |
601 keymap. @code{use-local-map} returns @code{nil}. Most major mode | |
602 commands use this function. | |
603 @end defun | |
604 | |
605 @c Emacs 19 feature | |
606 @defvar minor-mode-map-alist | |
607 This variable is an alist describing keymaps that may or may not be | |
608 active according to the values of certain variables. Its elements look | |
609 like this: | |
610 | |
611 @example | |
612 (@var{variable} . @var{keymap}) | |
613 @end example | |
614 | |
615 The keymap @var{keymap} is active whenever @var{variable} has a | |
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6558 | 617 enables or disables a minor mode. @xref{Keymaps and Minor Modes}. |
618 | |
619 Note that elements of @code{minor-mode-map-alist} do not have the same | |
620 structure as elements of @code{minor-mode-alist}. The map must be the | |
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625 When more than one minor mode keymap is active, their order of priority | |
626 is the order of @code{minor-mode-map-alist}. But you should design | |
627 minor modes so that they don't interfere with each other. If you do | |
628 this properly, the order will not matter. | |
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638 particular minor modes. The elements of this alist look like the |
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690 @section Key Lookup | |
691 @cindex key lookup | |
692 @cindex keymap entry | |
693 | |
694 @dfn{Key lookup} is the process of finding the binding of a key | |
695 sequence from a given keymap. Actual execution of the binding is not | |
696 part of key lookup. | |
697 | |
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705 When the key sequence consists of multiple events, key lookup | |
706 processes the events sequentially: the binding of the first event is | |
707 found, and must be a keymap; then the second event's binding is found in | |
708 that keymap, and so on until all the events in the key sequence are used | |
709 up. (The binding thus found for the last event may or may not be a | |
710 keymap.) Thus, the process of key lookup is defined in terms of a | |
711 simpler process for looking up a single event in a keymap. How that is | |
712 done depends on the type of object associated with the event in that | |
713 keymap. | |
714 | |
715 Let's use the term @dfn{keymap entry} to describe the value found by | |
716 looking up an event type in a keymap. (This doesn't include the item | |
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719 the returned value.) While any Lisp object may be stored in a keymap as | |
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6558 | 721 the meaningful kinds of keymap entries: |
722 | |
723 @table @asis | |
724 @item @code{nil} | |
725 @cindex @code{nil} in keymap | |
726 @code{nil} means that the events used so far in the lookup form an | |
727 undefined key. When a keymap fails to mention an event type at all, and | |
728 has no default binding, that is equivalent to a binding of @code{nil} | |
729 for that event type. | |
730 | |
731 @item @var{command} | |
732 @cindex command in keymap | |
733 The events used so far in the lookup form a complete key, | |
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12098 | 736 @item @var{array} |
6558 | 737 @cindex string in keymap |
12098 | 738 The array (either a string or a vector) is a keyboard macro. The events |
739 used so far in the lookup form a complete key, and the array is its | |
740 binding. See @ref{Keyboard Macros}, for more information. | |
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6558 | 747 @item @var{list} |
748 @cindex list in keymap | |
749 The meaning of a list depends on the types of the elements of the list. | |
750 | |
751 @itemize @bullet | |
752 @item | |
753 If the @sc{car} of @var{list} is the symbol @code{keymap}, then the list | |
754 is a keymap, and is treated as a keymap (see above). | |
755 | |
756 @item | |
757 @cindex @code{lambda} in keymap | |
758 If the @sc{car} of @var{list} is @code{lambda}, then the list is a | |
759 lambda expression. This is presumed to be a command, and is treated as | |
760 such (see above). | |
761 | |
762 @item | |
763 If the @sc{car} of @var{list} is a keymap and the @sc{cdr} is an event | |
764 type, then this is an @dfn{indirect entry}: | |
765 | |
766 @example | |
767 (@var{othermap} . @var{othertype}) | |
768 @end example | |
769 | |
770 When key lookup encounters an indirect entry, it looks up instead the | |
771 binding of @var{othertype} in @var{othermap} and uses that. | |
772 | |
773 This feature permits you to define one key as an alias for another key. | |
774 For example, an entry whose @sc{car} is the keymap called @code{esc-map} | |
12098 | 775 and whose @sc{cdr} is 32 (the code for @key{SPC}) means, ``Use the global |
6558 | 776 binding of @kbd{Meta-@key{SPC}}, whatever that may be.'' |
777 @end itemize | |
778 | |
779 @item @var{symbol} | |
780 @cindex symbol in keymap | |
781 The function definition of @var{symbol} is used in place of | |
782 @var{symbol}. If that too is a symbol, then this process is repeated, | |
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6558 | 785 keymap or a command, but indirect entries are not understood when found |
786 via symbols. | |
787 | |
788 Note that keymaps and keyboard macros (strings and vectors) are not | |
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6558 | 793 (@pxref{Interactive Call}). |
794 | |
795 @cindex @code{undefined} in keymap | |
796 The symbol @code{undefined} is worth special mention: it means to treat | |
797 the key as undefined. Strictly speaking, the key is defined, and its | |
798 binding is the command @code{undefined}; but that command does the same | |
799 thing that is done automatically for an undefined key: it rings the bell | |
800 (by calling @code{ding}) but does not signal an error. | |
801 | |
802 @cindex preventing prefix key | |
803 @code{undefined} is used in local keymaps to override a global key | |
804 binding and make the key ``undefined'' locally. A local binding of | |
805 @code{nil} would fail to do this because it would not override the | |
806 global binding. | |
807 | |
808 @item @var{anything else} | |
809 If any other type of object is found, the events used so far in the | |
810 lookup form a complete key, and the object is its binding, but the | |
811 binding is not executable as a command. | |
812 @end table | |
813 | |
814 In short, a keymap entry may be a keymap, a command, a keyboard macro, | |
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6558 | 816 Here is an example of a sparse keymap with two characters bound to |
817 commands and one bound to another keymap. This map is the normal value | |
818 of @code{emacs-lisp-mode-map}. Note that 9 is the code for @key{TAB}, | |
819 127 for @key{DEL}, 27 for @key{ESC}, 17 for @kbd{C-q} and 24 for | |
820 @kbd{C-x}. | |
821 | |
822 @example | |
823 @group | |
824 (keymap (9 . lisp-indent-line) | |
825 (127 . backward-delete-char-untabify) | |
826 (27 keymap (17 . indent-sexp) (24 . eval-defun))) | |
827 @end group | |
828 @end example | |
829 | |
830 @node Functions for Key Lookup | |
831 @section Functions for Key Lookup | |
832 | |
833 Here are the functions and variables pertaining to key lookup. | |
834 | |
835 @defun lookup-key keymap key &optional accept-defaults | |
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840 @example | |
841 @group | |
842 (lookup-key (current-global-map) "\C-x\C-f") | |
843 @result{} find-file | |
844 @end group | |
845 @group | |
846 (lookup-key (current-global-map) "\C-x\C-f12345") | |
847 @result{} 2 | |
848 @end group | |
849 @end example | |
850 | |
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6558 | 866 replaced by a two-character sequence: the value of |
867 @code{meta-prefix-char}, followed by the corresponding non-meta | |
868 character. Thus, the first example below is handled by conversion into | |
869 the second example. | |
870 | |
871 @example | |
872 @group | |
873 (lookup-key (current-global-map) "\M-f") | |
874 @result{} forward-word | |
875 @end group | |
876 @group | |
877 (lookup-key (current-global-map) "\ef") | |
878 @result{} forward-word | |
879 @end group | |
880 @end example | |
881 | |
882 Unlike @code{read-key-sequence}, this function does not modify the | |
883 specified events in ways that discard information (@pxref{Key Sequence | |
884 Input}). In particular, it does not convert letters to lower case and | |
885 it does not change drag events to clicks. | |
886 @end defun | |
887 | |
888 @deffn Command undefined | |
889 Used in keymaps to undefine keys. It calls @code{ding}, but does | |
890 not cause an error. | |
891 @end deffn | |
892 | |
893 @defun key-binding key &optional accept-defaults | |
894 This function returns the binding for @var{key} in the current | |
895 keymaps, trying all the active keymaps. The result is @code{nil} if | |
896 @var{key} is undefined in the keymaps. | |
897 | |
898 @c Emacs 19 feature | |
899 The argument @var{accept-defaults} controls checking for default | |
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902 An error is signaled if @var{key} is not a string or a vector. | |
903 | |
904 @example | |
905 @group | |
906 (key-binding "\C-x\C-f") | |
907 @result{} find-file | |
908 @end group | |
909 @end example | |
910 @end defun | |
911 | |
912 @defun local-key-binding key &optional accept-defaults | |
913 This function returns the binding for @var{key} in the current | |
914 local keymap, or @code{nil} if it is undefined there. | |
915 | |
916 @c Emacs 19 feature | |
917 The argument @var{accept-defaults} controls checking for default bindings, | |
918 as in @code{lookup-key} (above). | |
919 @end defun | |
920 | |
921 @defun global-key-binding key &optional accept-defaults | |
922 This function returns the binding for command @var{key} in the | |
923 current global keymap, or @code{nil} if it is undefined there. | |
924 | |
925 @c Emacs 19 feature | |
926 The argument @var{accept-defaults} controls checking for default bindings, | |
927 as in @code{lookup-key} (above). | |
928 @end defun | |
929 | |
930 @c Emacs 19 feature | |
931 @defun minor-mode-key-binding key &optional accept-defaults | |
932 This function returns a list of all the active minor mode bindings of | |
933 @var{key}. More precisely, it returns an alist of pairs | |
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6558 | 936 binding in that mode. If @var{key} has no minor-mode bindings, the |
937 value is @code{nil}. | |
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944 The argument @var{accept-defaults} controls checking for default | |
945 bindings, as in @code{lookup-key} (above). | |
946 @end defun | |
947 | |
948 @defvar meta-prefix-char | |
949 @cindex @key{ESC} | |
950 This variable is the meta-prefix character code. It is used when | |
951 translating a meta character to a two-character sequence so it can be | |
952 looked up in a keymap. For useful results, the value should be a prefix | |
953 event (@pxref{Prefix Keys}). The default value is 27, which is the | |
954 @sc{ASCII} code for @key{ESC}. | |
955 | |
956 As long as the value of @code{meta-prefix-char} remains 27, key | |
957 lookup translates @kbd{M-b} into @kbd{@key{ESC} b}, which is normally | |
958 defined as the @code{backward-word} command. However, if you set | |
959 @code{meta-prefix-char} to 24, the code for @kbd{C-x}, then Emacs will | |
960 translate @kbd{M-b} into @kbd{C-x b}, whose standard binding is the | |
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963 @smallexample | |
964 @group | |
965 meta-prefix-char ; @r{The default value.} | |
966 @result{} 27 | |
967 @end group | |
968 @group | |
969 (key-binding "\M-b") | |
970 @result{} backward-word | |
971 @end group | |
972 @group | |
973 ?\C-x ; @r{The print representation} | |
974 @result{} 24 ; @r{of a character.} | |
975 @end group | |
976 @group | |
977 (setq meta-prefix-char 24) | |
978 @result{} 24 | |
979 @end group | |
980 @group | |
981 (key-binding "\M-b") | |
982 @result{} switch-to-buffer ; @r{Now, typing @kbd{M-b} is} | |
983 ; @r{like typing @kbd{C-x b}.} | |
984 | |
985 (setq meta-prefix-char 27) ; @r{Avoid confusion!} | |
986 @result{} 27 ; @r{Restore the default value!} | |
987 @end group | |
988 @end smallexample | |
989 @end defvar | |
990 | |
991 @node Changing Key Bindings | |
992 @section Changing Key Bindings | |
993 @cindex changing key bindings | |
994 @cindex rebinding | |
995 | |
996 The way to rebind a key is to change its entry in a keymap. If you | |
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1006 @cindex meta character key constants | |
1007 @cindex control character key constants | |
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6558 | 1009 escape sequences for control and meta characters (@pxref{String Type}). |
1010 The syntax @samp{\C-} means that the following character is a control | |
1011 character and @samp{\M-} means that the following character is a meta | |
1012 character. Thus, the string @code{"\M-x"} is read as containing a | |
1013 single @kbd{M-x}, @code{"\C-f"} is read as containing a single | |
1014 @kbd{C-f}, and @code{"\M-\C-x"} and @code{"\C-\M-x"} are both read as | |
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12067 | 1019 The key definition and lookup functions accept an alternate syntax for |
1020 event types in a key sequence that is a vector: you can use a list | |
1021 containing modifier names plus one base event (a character or function | |
1022 key name). For example, @code{(control ?a)} is equivalent to | |
1023 @code{?\C-a} and @code{(hyper control left)} is equivalent to | |
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1028 keymap or if @var{key} is not a string or vector representing a key | |
1029 sequence. You can use event types (symbols) as shorthand for events | |
1030 that are lists. | |
1031 | |
1032 @defun define-key keymap key binding | |
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1035 in another keymap reached from @var{keymap}.) The argument | |
1036 @var{binding} can be any Lisp object, but only certain types are | |
1037 meaningful. (For a list of meaningful types, see @ref{Key Lookup}.) | |
1038 The value returned by @code{define-key} is @var{binding}. | |
1039 | |
1040 @cindex invalid prefix key error | |
1041 @cindex key sequence error | |
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1056 @smallexample | |
1057 @group | |
1058 (setq map (make-sparse-keymap)) | |
1059 @result{} (keymap) | |
1060 @end group | |
1061 @group | |
1062 (define-key map "\C-f" 'forward-char) | |
1063 @result{} forward-char | |
1064 @end group | |
1065 @group | |
1066 map | |
1067 @result{} (keymap (6 . forward-char)) | |
1068 @end group | |
1069 | |
1070 @group | |
1071 ;; @r{Build sparse submap for @kbd{C-x} and bind @kbd{f} in that.} | |
1072 (define-key map "\C-xf" 'forward-word) | |
1073 @result{} forward-word | |
1074 @end group | |
1075 @group | |
1076 map | |
1077 @result{} (keymap | |
1078 (24 keymap ; @kbd{C-x} | |
1079 (102 . forward-word)) ; @kbd{f} | |
1080 (6 . forward-char)) ; @kbd{C-f} | |
1081 @end group | |
1082 | |
1083 @group | |
1084 ;; @r{Bind @kbd{C-p} to the @code{ctl-x-map}.} | |
1085 (define-key map "\C-p" ctl-x-map) | |
1086 ;; @code{ctl-x-map} | |
1087 @result{} [nil @dots{} find-file @dots{} backward-kill-sentence] | |
1088 @end group | |
1089 | |
1090 @group | |
1091 ;; @r{Bind @kbd{C-f} to @code{foo} in the @code{ctl-x-map}.} | |
1092 (define-key map "\C-p\C-f" 'foo) | |
1093 @result{} 'foo | |
1094 @end group | |
1095 @group | |
1096 map | |
1097 @result{} (keymap ; @r{Note @code{foo} in @code{ctl-x-map}.} | |
1098 (16 keymap [nil @dots{} foo @dots{} backward-kill-sentence]) | |
1099 (24 keymap | |
1100 (102 . forward-word)) | |
1101 (6 . forward-char)) | |
1102 @end group | |
1103 @end smallexample | |
1104 | |
1105 @noindent | |
1106 Note that storing a new binding for @kbd{C-p C-f} actually works by | |
1107 changing an entry in @code{ctl-x-map}, and this has the effect of | |
1108 changing the bindings of both @kbd{C-p C-f} and @kbd{C-x C-f} in the | |
1109 default global map. | |
1110 | |
1111 @defun substitute-key-definition olddef newdef keymap &optional oldmap | |
1112 @cindex replace bindings | |
1113 This function replaces @var{olddef} with @var{newdef} for any keys in | |
1114 @var{keymap} that were bound to @var{olddef}. In other words, | |
1115 @var{olddef} is replaced with @var{newdef} wherever it appears. The | |
1116 function returns @code{nil}. | |
1117 | |
1118 For example, this redefines @kbd{C-x C-f}, if you do it in an Emacs with | |
1119 standard bindings: | |
1120 | |
1121 @smallexample | |
1122 @group | |
1123 (substitute-key-definition | |
1124 'find-file 'find-file-read-only (current-global-map)) | |
1125 @end group | |
1126 @end smallexample | |
1127 | |
1128 @c Emacs 19 feature | |
1129 If @var{oldmap} is non-@code{nil}, then its bindings determine which | |
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6558 | 1131 @var{oldmap}. Thus, you can change one map under the control of the |
1132 bindings in another. For example, | |
1133 | |
1134 @smallexample | |
1135 (substitute-key-definition | |
1136 'delete-backward-char 'my-funny-delete | |
1137 my-map global-map) | |
1138 @end smallexample | |
1139 | |
1140 @noindent | |
1141 puts the special deletion command in @code{my-map} for whichever keys | |
1142 are globally bound to the standard deletion command. | |
1143 | |
1144 @ignore | |
1145 @c Emacs 18 only | |
1146 Prefix keymaps that appear within @var{keymap} are not checked | |
1147 recursively for keys bound to @var{olddef}; they are not changed at all. | |
1148 Perhaps it would be better to check nested keymaps recursively. | |
1149 @end ignore | |
1150 | |
1151 Here is an example showing a keymap before and after substitution: | |
1152 | |
1153 @smallexample | |
1154 @group | |
1155 (setq map '(keymap | |
1156 (?1 . olddef-1) | |
1157 (?2 . olddef-2) | |
1158 (?3 . olddef-1))) | |
1159 @result{} (keymap (49 . olddef-1) (50 . olddef-2) (51 . olddef-1)) | |
1160 @end group | |
1161 | |
1162 @group | |
1163 (substitute-key-definition 'olddef-1 'newdef map) | |
1164 @result{} nil | |
1165 @end group | |
1166 @group | |
1167 map | |
1168 @result{} (keymap (49 . newdef) (50 . olddef-2) (51 . newdef)) | |
1169 @end group | |
1170 @end smallexample | |
1171 @end defun | |
1172 | |
1173 @defun suppress-keymap keymap &optional nodigits | |
1174 @cindex @code{self-insert-command} override | |
1175 This function changes the contents of the full keymap @var{keymap} by | |
1176 making all the printing characters undefined. More precisely, it binds | |
1177 them to the command @code{undefined}. This makes ordinary insertion of | |
1178 text impossible. @code{suppress-keymap} returns @code{nil}. | |
1179 | |
1180 If @var{nodigits} is @code{nil}, then @code{suppress-keymap} defines | |
1181 digits to run @code{digit-argument}, and @kbd{-} to run | |
1182 @code{negative-argument}. Otherwise it makes them undefined like the | |
1183 rest of the printing characters. | |
1184 | |
1185 @cindex yank suppression | |
1186 @cindex @code{quoted-insert} suppression | |
1187 The @code{suppress-keymap} function does not make it impossible to | |
1188 modify a buffer, as it does not suppress commands such as @code{yank} | |
1189 and @code{quoted-insert}. To prevent any modification of a buffer, make | |
1190 it read-only (@pxref{Read Only Buffers}). | |
1191 | |
1192 Since this function modifies @var{keymap}, you would normally use it | |
1193 on a newly created keymap. Operating on an existing keymap | |
1194 that is used for some other purpose is likely to cause trouble; for | |
1195 example, suppressing @code{global-map} would make it impossible to use | |
1196 most of Emacs. | |
1197 | |
1198 Most often, @code{suppress-keymap} is used to initialize local | |
1199 keymaps of modes such as Rmail and Dired where insertion of text is not | |
1200 desirable and the buffer is read-only. Here is an example taken from | |
1201 the file @file{emacs/lisp/dired.el}, showing how the local keymap for | |
1202 Dired mode is set up: | |
1203 | |
1204 @smallexample | |
1205 @group | |
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1216 @end smallexample | |
1217 @end defun | |
1218 | |
1219 @node Key Binding Commands | |
1220 @section Commands for Binding Keys | |
1221 | |
1222 This section describes some convenient interactive interfaces for | |
1223 changing key bindings. They work by calling @code{define-key}. | |
1224 | |
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1241 | |
1242 @smallexample | |
1243 (global-set-key [(control ?x) (control ?\\)] 'next-line) | |
1244 @end smallexample | |
1245 | |
1246 @noindent | |
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6558 | 1259 to @var{definition}. |
1260 | |
1261 @smallexample | |
1262 @group | |
1263 (global-set-key @var{key} @var{definition}) | |
1264 @equiv{} | |
1265 (define-key (current-global-map) @var{key} @var{definition}) | |
1266 @end group | |
1267 @end smallexample | |
1268 @end deffn | |
1269 | |
1270 @deffn Command global-unset-key key | |
1271 @cindex unbinding keys | |
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1274 | |
1275 One use of this function is in preparation for defining a longer key | |
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6558 | 1277 @var{key} has a non-prefix binding. For example: |
1278 | |
1279 @smallexample | |
1280 @group | |
1281 (global-unset-key "\C-l") | |
1282 @result{} nil | |
1283 @end group | |
1284 @group | |
1285 (global-set-key "\C-l\C-l" 'redraw-display) | |
1286 @result{} nil | |
1287 @end group | |
1288 @end smallexample | |
1289 | |
1290 This function is implemented simply using @code{define-key}: | |
1291 | |
1292 @smallexample | |
1293 @group | |
1294 (global-unset-key @var{key}) | |
1295 @equiv{} | |
1296 (define-key (current-global-map) @var{key} nil) | |
1297 @end group | |
1298 @end smallexample | |
1299 @end deffn | |
1300 | |
1301 @deffn Command local-set-key key definition | |
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6558 | 1303 keymap to @var{definition}. |
1304 | |
1305 @smallexample | |
1306 @group | |
1307 (local-set-key @var{key} @var{definition}) | |
1308 @equiv{} | |
1309 (define-key (current-local-map) @var{key} @var{definition}) | |
1310 @end group | |
1311 @end smallexample | |
1312 @end deffn | |
1313 | |
1314 @deffn Command local-unset-key key | |
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6558 | 1316 local map. |
1317 | |
1318 @smallexample | |
1319 @group | |
1320 (local-unset-key @var{key}) | |
1321 @equiv{} | |
1322 (define-key (current-local-map) @var{key} nil) | |
1323 @end group | |
1324 @end smallexample | |
1325 @end deffn | |
1326 | |
1327 @node Scanning Keymaps | |
1328 @section Scanning Keymaps | |
1329 | |
1330 This section describes functions used to scan all the current keymaps | |
1331 for the sake of printing help information. | |
1332 | |
1333 @defun accessible-keymaps keymap &optional prefix | |
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1340 The elements of the alist are ordered so that the @var{key} increases | |
1341 in length. The first element is always @code{("" .@: @var{keymap})}, | |
1342 because the specified keymap is accessible from itself with a prefix of | |
1343 no events. | |
1344 | |
1345 If @var{prefix} is given, it should be a prefix key sequence; then | |
1346 @code{accessible-keymaps} includes only the submaps whose prefixes start | |
1347 with @var{prefix}. These elements look just as they do in the value of | |
1348 @code{(accessible-keymaps)}; the only difference is that some elements | |
1349 are omitted. | |
1350 | |
1351 In the example below, the returned alist indicates that the key | |
1352 @key{ESC}, which is displayed as @samp{^[}, is a prefix key whose | |
1353 definition is the sparse keymap @code{(keymap (83 .@: center-paragraph) | |
1354 (115 .@: foo))}. | |
1355 | |
1356 @smallexample | |
1357 @group | |
1358 (accessible-keymaps (current-local-map)) | |
1359 @result{}(("" keymap | |
1360 (27 keymap ; @r{Note this keymap for @key{ESC} is repeated below.} | |
1361 (83 . center-paragraph) | |
1362 (115 . center-line)) | |
1363 (9 . tab-to-tab-stop)) | |
1364 @end group | |
1365 | |
1366 @group | |
1367 ("^[" keymap | |
1368 (83 . center-paragraph) | |
1369 (115 . foo))) | |
1370 @end group | |
1371 @end smallexample | |
1372 | |
1373 In the following example, @kbd{C-h} is a prefix key that uses a sparse | |
1374 keymap starting with @code{(keymap (118 . describe-variable)@dots{})}. | |
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1380 @smallexample | |
1381 @group | |
1382 (accessible-keymaps (current-global-map)) | |
1383 @result{} (("" keymap [set-mark-command beginning-of-line @dots{} | |
1384 delete-backward-char]) | |
1385 @end group | |
1386 @group | |
1387 ("^H" keymap (118 . describe-variable) @dots{} | |
1388 (8 . help-for-help)) | |
1389 @end group | |
1390 @group | |
1391 ("^X" keymap [x-flush-mouse-queue @dots{} | |
1392 backward-kill-sentence]) | |
1393 @end group | |
1394 @group | |
1395 ("^[" keymap [mark-sexp backward-sexp @dots{} | |
1396 backward-kill-word]) | |
1397 @end group | |
1398 ("^X4" keymap (15 . display-buffer) @dots{}) | |
1399 @group | |
1400 ([mode-line] keymap | |
1401 (S-mouse-2 . mouse-split-window-horizontally) @dots{})) | |
1402 @end group | |
1403 @end smallexample | |
1404 | |
1405 @noindent | |
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1408 | |
1409 @defun where-is-internal command &optional keymap firstonly noindirect | |
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1415 The argument @var{command} can be any object; it is compared with all | |
1416 keymap entries using @code{eq}. | |
1417 | |
1418 If @var{keymap} is @code{nil}, then the maps used are the current active | |
1419 keymaps, disregarding @code{overriding-local-map} (that is, pretending | |
1420 its value is @code{nil}). If @var{keymap} is non-@code{nil}, then the | |
1421 maps searched are @var{keymap} and the global keymap. | |
1422 | |
1423 Usually it's best to use @code{overriding-local-map} as the expression | |
1424 for @var{keymap}. Then @code{where-is-internal} searches precisely the | |
1425 keymaps that are active. To search only the global map, pass | |
1426 @code{(keymap)} (an empty keymap) as @var{keymap}. | |
1427 | |
1428 If @var{firstonly} is @code{non-ascii}, then the value is a single | |
1429 string representing the first key sequence found, rather than a list of | |
1430 all possible key sequences. If @var{firstonly} is @code{t}, then the | |
1431 value is the first key sequence, except that key sequences consisting | |
1432 entirely of @sc{ASCII} characters (or meta variants of @sc{ASCII} | |
1433 characters) are preferred to all other key sequences. | |
1434 | |
1435 If @var{noindirect} is non-@code{nil}, @code{where-is-internal} doesn't | |
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1436 follow indirect keymap bindings. This makes it possible to search for |
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1439 @smallexample | |
1440 @group | |
1441 (where-is-internal 'describe-function) | |
1442 @result{} ("\^hf" "\^hd") | |
1443 @end group | |
1444 @end smallexample | |
1445 @end defun | |
1446 | |
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1447 @deffn Command describe-bindings &optional prefix |
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1448 This function creates a listing of all current key bindings, and |
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1449 displays it in a buffer named @samp{*Help*}. The text is grouped by |
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1450 modes---minor modes first, then the major mode, then global bindings. |
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1452 If @var{prefix} is non-@code{nil}, it should be a prefix key; then the |
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1453 listing includes only keys that start with @var{prefix}. |
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1456 corresponding non-meta character. | |
1457 | |
1458 When several characters with consecutive @sc{ASCII} codes have the | |
1459 same definition, they are shown together, as | |
1460 @samp{@var{firstchar}..@var{lastchar}}. In this instance, you need to | |
1461 know the @sc{ASCII} codes to understand which characters this means. | |
1462 For example, in the default global map, the characters @samp{@key{SPC} | |
1463 ..@: ~} are described by a single line. @key{SPC} is @sc{ASCII} 32, | |
1464 @kbd{~} is @sc{ASCII} 126, and the characters between them include all | |
1465 the normal printing characters, (e.g., letters, digits, punctuation, | |
1466 etc.@:); all these characters are bound to @code{self-insert-command}. | |
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1467 @end deffn |
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1469 @node Menu Keymaps |
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1470 @section Menu Keymaps |
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1471 @cindex menu keymaps |
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1473 @c Emacs 19 feature |
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1474 A keymap can define a menu as well as bindings for keyboard keys and |
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1475 mouse button. Menus are usually actuated with the mouse, but they can |
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1476 work with the keyboard also. |
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1478 @menu |
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1479 * Defining Menus:: How to make a keymap that defines a menu. |
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1480 * Mouse Menus:: How users actuate the menu with the mouse. |
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1481 * Keyboard Menus:: How they actuate it with the keyboard. |
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1482 * Menu Example:: Making a simple menu. |
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1483 * Menu Bar:: How to customize the menu bar. |
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1484 * Modifying Menus:: How to add new items to a menu. |
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1485 @end menu |
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1487 @node Defining Menus |
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1488 @subsection Defining Menus |
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1489 @cindex defining menus |
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1490 @cindex menu prompt string |
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1491 @cindex prompt string (of menu) |
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1493 A keymap is suitable for menu use if it has an @dfn{overall prompt |
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1494 string}, which is a string that appears as an element of the keymap. |
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1495 (@xref{Format of Keymaps}.) The string should describe the purpose of |
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1496 the menu. The easiest way to construct a keymap with a prompt string is |
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1497 to specify the string as an argument when you call @code{make-keymap} or |
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1498 @code{make-sparse-keymap} (@pxref{Creating Keymaps}). |
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1500 The order of items in the menu is the same as the order of bindings in |
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1501 the keymap. Since @code{define-key} puts new bindings at the front, you |
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1502 should define the menu items starting at the bottom of the menu and |
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1503 moving to the top, if you care about the order. When you add an item to |
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1504 an existing menu, you can specify its position in the menu using |
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1505 @code{define-key-after} (@pxref{Modifying Menus}). |
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1507 @menu |
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1508 * Simple Menu Items:: A simple kind of menu key binding, |
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1509 limited in capabilities. |
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1510 * Alias Menu Items:: Using command aliases in menu items. |
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1511 * Extended Menu Items:: More powerful menu item definitions |
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1512 let you specify keywords to enable |
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1513 various features. |
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1514 @end menu |
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1516 @node Simple Menu Items |
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1517 @subsubsection Simple Menu Items |
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1519 The simpler and older way to define a menu keymap binding |
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1522 @example |
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1523 (@var{item-string} . @var{real-binding}) |
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1524 @end example |
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1526 @noindent |
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1527 The @sc{car}, @var{item-string}, is the string to be displayed in the |
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1528 menu. It should be short---preferably one to three words. It should |
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1529 describe the action of the command it corresponds to. |
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1531 You can also supply a second string, called the help string, as follows: |
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1533 @example |
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1534 (@var{item-string} @var{help-string} . @var{real-binding}) |
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1535 @end example |
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1537 Currently Emacs does not actually use @var{help-string}; it knows only |
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1538 how to ignore @var{help-string} in order to extract @var{real-binding}. |
12098 | 1539 In the future we may use @var{help-string} as extended documentation for |
1540 the menu item, available on request. | |
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1542 As far as @code{define-key} is concerned, @var{item-string} and |
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1544 @code{lookup-key} returns just @var{real-binding}, and only |
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1545 @var{real-binding} is used for executing the key. |
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1547 If @var{real-binding} is @code{nil}, then @var{item-string} appears in |
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1548 the menu but cannot be selected. |
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1551 @code{menu-enable} property, that property is an expression that |
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1552 controls whether the menu item is enabled. Every time the keymap is |
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1553 used to display a menu, Emacs evaluates the expression, and it enables |
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1554 the menu item only if the expression's value is non-@code{nil}. When a |
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1555 menu item is disabled, it is displayed in a ``fuzzy'' fashion, and |
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12098 | 1558 The menu bar does not recalculate which items are enabled every time you |
1559 look at a menu. This is because the X toolkit requires the whole tree | |
1560 of menus in advance. To force recalculation of the menu bar, call | |
1561 @code{force-mode-line-update} (@pxref{Mode Line Format}). | |
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1564 sequence (if any) to invoke the same command. To save time on |
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1565 recalculation, menu display caches this information in a sublist in the |
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1568 @c This line is not too long--rms. |
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1569 @example |
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1580 @kindex menu-item |
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1582 An extended-format menu item is a more flexible and also cleaner |
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1583 alternative to the simple format. It consists of a list that starts |
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1584 with the symbol @code{menu-item}. To define a non-selectable string, |
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1585 the item looks like this: |
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1587 @example |
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1589 @end example |
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1591 @noindent |
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1594 To define a real menu item which can be selected, the extended format |
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1595 item looks like this: |
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1597 @example |
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1598 (menu-item @var{item-name} @var{real-binding} |
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1599 . @var{item-property-list}) |
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1600 @end example |
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1602 @noindent |
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1603 Here, @var{item-name} is an expression which evaluates to the menu item |
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1604 string. Thus, the string need not be a constant. The third element, |
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1605 @var{real-binding}, is the command to execute. The tail of the list, |
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1606 @var{item-property-list}, has the form of a property list which contains |
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1607 other information. Here is a table of the properties that are supported: |
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1609 @table @code |
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1610 @item :enable FORM |
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1611 The result of evaluating @var{form} determines whether the item is |
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1612 enabled (non-@code{nil} means yes). |
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1614 @item :visible FORM |
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1615 The result of evaluating @var{form} determines whether the item should |
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1616 actually appear in the menu (non-@code{nil} means yes). If the item |
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1617 does not appear, then the menu is displayed as if this item were |
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1620 @item :help @var{help} |
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1621 The value of this property, @var{help}, is the extra help string (not |
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1622 currently used by Emacs). |
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1624 @item :button (@var{type} . @var{selected}) |
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1625 This property provides a way to define radio buttons and toggle buttons. |
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1626 The @sc{car}, @var{type}, says which: is should be @code{:toggle} or |
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1627 @code{:radio}. The @sc{cdr}, @var{selected}, should be a form; the |
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1628 result of evaluating it says whether this button is currently selected. |
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1630 A @dfn{toggle} is a menu item which is labeled as either ``on'' or ``off'' |
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1631 according to the value of @var{selected}. The command itself should |
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1632 toggle @var{selected}, setting it to @code{t} if it is @code{nil}, |
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1633 and to @code{nil} if it is @code{t}. Here is how the menu item |
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1634 to toggle the @code{debug-on-error} flag is defined: |
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1636 @example |
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1637 (menu-item "Debug on Error" toggle-debug-on-error |
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1638 :button (:toggle |
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1639 . (and (boundp 'debug-on-error) |
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1640 debug-on-error)) |
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1641 @end example |
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1643 @noindent |
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1644 This works because @code{toggle-debug-on-error} is defined as a command |
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1645 which toggles the variable @code{debug-on-error}. |
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1647 @dfn{Radio buttons} are a group of menu items, in which at any time one |
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1648 and only one is ``selected.'' There should be a variable whose value |
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1649 says which one is selected at any time. The @var{selected} form for |
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1650 each radio button in the group should check whether the variable has the |
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1651 right value for selecting that button. Clicking on the button should |
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1652 set the variable so that the button you clicked on becomes selected. |
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1654 @item :key-sequence @var{key-sequence} |
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1655 This property specifies which key sequence is likely to be bound to the |
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1656 same command invoked by this menu item. If you specify the right key |
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1657 sequence, that makes preparing the menu for display run much faster. |
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1659 If you specify the wrong key sequence, it has no effect; before Emacs |
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1660 displays @var{key-sequence} in the menu, it verifies that |
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1661 @var{key-sequence} is really equivalent to this menu item. |
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1663 @item :key-sequence nil |
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1664 This property indicates that there is normally no key binding which is |
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1665 equivalent to this menu item. Using this property saves time in |
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1666 preparing the menu for display, because Emacs does not need to search |
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1667 the keymaps for a keyboard equivalent for this menu item. |
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1669 However, if the user has rebound this item's definition to a key |
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1670 sequence, Emacs ignores the @code{:keys} property and finds the keyboard |
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1671 equivalent anyway. |
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1673 @item :keys @var{string} |
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1674 This property specifies that @var{string} is the string to display |
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1675 as the keyboard equivalent for this menu item. You can use |
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1676 the @samp{\\[...]} documentation construct in @var{string}. |
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1678 @item :filter @var{filter-fn} |
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1679 This property provides a way to compute the menu item dynamically. |
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1680 The property value @var{filter-fn} should be a function of one argument; |
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1681 when it is called, its argument will be @var{real-binding}. The |
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1682 function should return the binding to use instead. |
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1683 @end table |
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1685 @node Alias Menu Items |
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1686 @subsubsection Alias Menu Items |
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1688 Sometimes it is useful to make menu items that use the ``same'' |
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1689 command but with different enable conditions. The best way to do this |
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1691 it could be done by defining alias commands and using them in menu |
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1693 @code{toggle-read-only} and gives them different enable conditions: |
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1695 @example |
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1696 (defalias 'make-read-only 'toggle-read-only) |
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1697 (put 'make-read-only 'menu-enable '(not buffer-read-only)) |
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1715 show the keyboard bindings for @code{toggle-read-only}. |
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1717 @node Mouse Menus |
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1718 @subsection Menus and the Mouse |
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1720 The usual way to make a menu keymap produce a menu is to make it the |
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1721 definition of a prefix key. (A Lisp program can explicitly pop up a |
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1722 menu and receive the user's choice---see @ref{Pop-Up Menus}.) |
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1724 If the prefix key ends with a mouse event, Emacs handles the menu keymap |
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1725 by popping up a visible menu, so that the user can select a choice with |
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1726 the mouse. When the user clicks on a menu item, the event generated is |
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1727 whatever character or symbol has the binding that brought about that |
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1728 menu item. (A menu item may generate a series of events if the menu has |
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1729 multiple levels or comes from the menu bar.) |
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1731 It's often best to use a button-down event to trigger the menu. Then |
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1732 the user can select a menu item by releasing the button. |
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1734 A single keymap can appear as multiple menu panes, if you explicitly |
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1735 arrange for this. The way to do this is to make a keymap for each pane, |
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1736 then create a binding for each of those maps in the main keymap of the |
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1737 menu. Give each of these bindings an item string that starts with |
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1738 @samp{@@}. The rest of the item string becomes the name of the pane. |
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1739 See the file @file{lisp/mouse.el} for an example of this. Any ordinary |
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1740 bindings with @samp{@@}-less item strings are grouped into one pane, |
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1741 which appears along with the other panes explicitly created for the |
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1742 submaps. |
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1744 X toolkit menus don't have panes; instead, they can have submenus. |
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1745 Every nested keymap becomes a submenu, whether the item string starts |
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1746 with @samp{@@} or not. In a toolkit version of Emacs, the only thing |
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1747 special about @samp{@@} at the beginning of an item string is that the |
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1748 @samp{@@} doesn't appear in the menu item. |
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1750 You can also produce multiple panes or submenus from separate keymaps. |
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1751 The full definition of a prefix key always comes from merging the |
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1752 definitions supplied by the various active keymaps (minor mode, local, |
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1753 and global). When more than one of these keymaps is a menu, each of |
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1754 them makes a separate pane or panes (when Emacs does not use an |
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1755 X-toolkit) or a separate submenu (when using an X-toolkit). |
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1756 @xref{Active Keymaps}. |
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1758 @node Keyboard Menus |
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1759 @subsection Menus and the Keyboard |
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1761 When a prefix key ending with a keyboard event (a character or function |
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1762 key) has a definition that is a menu keymap, the user can use the |
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1763 keyboard to choose a menu item. |
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1764 |
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1765 Emacs displays the menu alternatives (the item strings of the bindings) |
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1766 in the echo area. If they don't all fit at once, the user can type |
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1767 @key{SPC} to see the next line of alternatives. Successive uses of |
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1768 @key{SPC} eventually get to the end of the menu and then cycle around to |
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1769 the beginning. (The variable @code{menu-prompt-more-char} specifies |
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1770 which character is used for this; @key{SPC} is the default.) |
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1772 When the user has found the desired alternative from the menu, he or she |
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1773 should type the corresponding character---the one whose binding is that |
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1774 alternative. |
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1777 In a menu intended for keyboard use, each menu item must clearly |
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1778 indicate what character to type. The best convention to use is to make |
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1780 users will understand without being told. We plan to change this; by | |
1781 the time you read this manual, keyboard menus may explicitly name the | |
1782 key for each alternative. | |
1783 @end ignore | |
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1785 This way of using menus in an Emacs-like editor was inspired by the |
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1789 This variable specifies the character to use to ask to see |
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1790 the next line of a menu. Its initial value is 32, the code |
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1792 @end defvar |
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1799 definition of the @samp{Print} submenu in the @samp{Tools} menu in the |
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1855 the variable @code{menu-bar-print-menu}, rather than the symbol |
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1896 ``function key'' @code{menu-bar}, as defined by all the active keymaps. |
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1900 @code{[menu-bar @var{key}]}. Most often, the binding is a menu keymap, |
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1901 so that pressing a button on the menu bar item leads to another menu. |
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1910 determining the menu bar contents. That is, the menu bar is computed | |
1911 from the keymaps that would be active if @code{overriding-local-map} | |
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1915 parameter must be greater than zero. Emacs uses just one line for the |
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1916 menu bar itself; if you specify more than one line, the other lines |
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1931 ;; @r{and make it the menu bar item's definition.} |
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