Symbol's value as variable is void: helm-map [duplicate]

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Windows 10, Emacs 25.1

In my init.el

(define-key helm-map (kbd "<tab>") 'helm-execute-persistent-action)

But on start Emacs I get error:

Symbol's value as variable is void: helm-map

That variable would only be defined after helm is loaded. You'd need to either require it, or wrap that code in with-eval-after-load. — wvxvw, Commented Sep 27, 2017 at 7:22
@wvxvw This question is also addressed in stackoverflow.com/questions/15995754/…. There they use helm-find-files-map. — Tobias, Commented Sep 27, 2017 at 7:35
Apparently their earlier duplicate question taught them nothing. This should be closed. — phils, Commented Jul 29, 2023 at 11:56

Stryker · Accepted Answer · 2017-12-20 19:07:24Z

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I had a similar error:

variable fails due to missing definition of "helm-bookmark-map"

You can remove the helm and force the reinstall. (so basically remove the helm file/folder under elpa)

Remove .emacs.d/elpa/helm-* and restart emacs? This should force a reinstall of helm with the pinned version.

This worked for me in spacemacs.

answered Dec 20, 2017 at 19:07

Stryker

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