How to remap ctrl-x with key-chord

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How to remap C-x with key-chord mode.

(key-chord-define-global "uu" 'what-goes-here?)

The question is not clear, to me. What do you want the effect to be? Something about changing the behavior of C-x? Something about uu? — Drew, Commented Oct 11, 2018 at 13:52
Right now I have bound chords to various function i.e. bb when pressed very quickly, changes the buffer. I would like to be able to hit uu very fast and be in the mini-buffer behind ctrl-x. So I could type uu - b and and it would be the same as ctrl-x b — tjb, Commented Oct 11, 2018 at 14:04
What's C-x bound to, for you. Normally it's a prefix key. Are you thinking of M-x, perhaps? — Drew, Commented Oct 11, 2018 at 19:53
Yes that's what I want to do, first for C-x and then also for M-x. Instead of using a prefix key I want to type 'uu' quickly and have it behave as if I had typed the prefix key. When I type 'uu' slowly it should insert 'uu' — tjb, Commented Oct 12, 2018 at 4:20

Omar · Accepted Answer · 2018-10-11 12:47:32Z

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Use (key-chord-define-global "uu" ctl-x-map), since ctl-x-map is what C-x is usually bound to.

answered Oct 11, 2018 at 12:47

Omar

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ctl-x-map seems to be a variable, whereas I am looking for a function
– tjb
Commented Oct 11, 2018 at 13:00
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@tjb ctrl-x-map is, as you say, a variable. Its value is a keymap holding all the bindings under C-x. I don't know about this key-chord-define-global command, but for the standard global-set-key, you can binds a key to keymap and it becomes a prefix for those bindings. So (global-set-key (kbd "C-z") ctl-x-map) would make C-z an alias of C-x.
– Omar
Commented Oct 11, 2018 at 14:12
By the way, @tjb, I just installed key-chord and tried my suggestion and it works!
– Omar
Commented Oct 11, 2018 at 16:30
I get the following error when I try the answer: Wrong type argument: commandp, ctl-x-map.
– tjb
Commented Oct 12, 2018 at 4:18
@tjb Weird! I just tried it again and it works for me. I installed the key-chord package from MELPA to try this (it's version key-chord-20160227.1238). Is that what you're using?
– Omar
Commented Oct 12, 2018 at 13:17

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