I'm tryng to bind F6 to dired-up-directory using
(global-set-key (kbd "<f6>")
but when I use this in dired-mode, I get
<f6> is undefined.
What have I done wrong?
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You need to provide the command that you want to bind to that key, as the second argument to global-set-key: (global-set-key (kbd "<f6>") #'dired-up-directory). Your sexp isn't even closed - it's missing a right paren (as well as a second argument).
But really you don't want to bind that key globally to dired-up-directory (do you?). You want to bind it to that command only in dired-mode:
(define-key dired-mode-map (kbd "<f6>") #'dired-up-directory)
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I get this when using this definition:-Symbol's value as variable is void: dired-mode-map– balangaCommented Sep 19, 2023 at 11:01
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@balanga: For a major mode keymap to be available you need to at least load the library defining the mode, and typically you need to enable the mode. If you're in
dired-modethendired-mode-mapis defined.– DrewCommented Sep 19, 2023 at 15:30 -
How do I define it just in dired-mode? Do I need to edit dired.el?– balangaCommented Nov 25, 2023 at 10:14
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Define what just in
dired-mode?dired-mode-mapis, and should be, defined globally. It is used indired-mode.– DrewCommented Nov 25, 2023 at 16:03