comparison lispref/keymaps.texi @ 49182:943603fc2ef2

(Changing Key Bindings) <define-key>: Mention how to define a default binding.

49181:94d20f0ab516

in another keymap reached from @var{keymap}.)  The argument
@var{binding} can be any Lisp object, but only certain types are
meaningful.  (For a list of meaningful types, see @ref{Key Lookup}.)
The value returned by @code{define-key} is @var{binding}.

@cindex invalid prefix key error
@cindex key sequence error
Every prefix of @var{key} must be a prefix key (i.e., bound to a keymap)
or undefined; otherwise an error is signaled.  If some prefix of
@var{key} is undefined, then @code{define-key} defines it as a prefix
key so that the rest of @var{key} can be defined as specified.

If there was previously no binding for @var{key} in @var{keymap}, the
new binding is added at the beginning of @var{keymap}.  The order of
bindings in a keymap makes no difference in most cases, but it does
matter for menu keymaps (@pxref{Menu Keymaps}).
@end defun

  Here is an example that creates a sparse keymap and makes a number of
bindings in it:

49182:943603fc2ef2

in another keymap reached from @var{keymap}.)  The argument
@var{binding} can be any Lisp object, but only certain types are
meaningful.  (For a list of meaningful types, see @ref{Key Lookup}.)
The value returned by @code{define-key} is @var{binding}.

If @var{key} is @code{[t]}, this sets the default binding in
@var{keymap}.  When an event has no binding of its own, the Emacs
command loop uses the keymap's default binding, if there is one.

@cindex invalid prefix key error
@cindex key sequence error
Every prefix of @var{key} must be a prefix key (i.e., bound to a keymap)
or undefined; otherwise an error is signaled.  If some prefix of
@var{key} is undefined, then @code{define-key} defines it as a prefix
key so that the rest of @var{key} can be defined as specified.

If there was previously no binding for @var{key} in @var{keymap}, the
new binding is added at the beginning of @var{keymap}.  The order of
bindings in a keymap makes no difference for keyboard input, but it
does matter for menu keymaps (@pxref{Menu Keymaps}).
@end defun

  Here is an example that creates a sparse keymap and makes a number of
bindings in it: