Assign evil-mode keys dependent on major-mode

Question

I would like to assign evil-mode normal-state key bindings dependent on what major mode I am currently working in.

E.g. I am using org-mode and I want a set of keys and if I use AucTeX I want a different set of keys. Potentially there are keys that behave differently under different major modes because I want to keep a certain naming logic.

I tried assigning keys using different minor-modes, however the last loaded minor-mode overwrites the previously assigned key bindings. Switching to a different window with a different major mode does not switch the key bindings back.

Answer 1

You can use evil-define-key.

For example to bind "a" in normal-state to different commands in org-mode and emacs-lisp-mode, you would do:

(evil-define-key 'normal org-mode-map "a" 'bar) 
(evil-define-key 'normal emacs-lisp-mode-map "a" 'foo) 

Now "a" in normal state is bound to command bar in org-mode and command foo in emacs-lisp-mode.