How to create Spacemacs key binding starting with `SPC`?

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I'm trying to add a key binding by doing the following:

(global-set-key (kbd "SPC-;") 'spacemacs/default-pop-shell)

but it gets interpreted as the separate keys S, P, etc and produces the error:

global-set-key: Key sequence S P C - ; starts with non-prefix key S

What is the correct way to map something starting with SPC?

I'm not sure if any of this is specific to Spacemacs, but that's the distro I'm using.

kbdluv · Accepted Answer · 2017-12-29 17:35:36Z

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The answer was posted by @duianto on the Spacemacs gitter:

(spacemacs/set-leader-keys (kbd ";") 'spacemacs/default-pop-shell)

answered Dec 29, 2017 at 17:35

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Lindydancer · Accepted Answer · 2017-12-29 16:03:21Z

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You can use:

(kbd "<SPC> ;")

answered Dec 29, 2017 at 16:03

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That produces the same error, but now it says that the key sequence starts with non-prefix key SPC instead of S.
– kbdluv
Commented Dec 29, 2017 at 17:32
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Ah, I see. The original post contained two problems. One (which I solved) was the syntax of kbd. The other that space isn't a prefix key (which I assumed it was).
– Lindydancer
Commented Dec 29, 2017 at 18:26
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Yes, sorry about the confusion. Thank you for teaching me how to use kbd with <SPC> :)
– kbdluv
Commented Dec 29, 2017 at 19:39

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