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I want gj keys to execute function org-next-visible-heading (in evil normal mode). How should I do it in Spacemacs?

I was reading documentation and googling but I can't figure it out. What I tried already is adding these keys to different functions/key maps but nothing works. I tried to add these lines (one by one):

  (define-key org-mode-map "gj" 'org-next-visible-heading)
  (evil-define-key 'normal global-map  "gj" 'org-next-visible-heading)
  (define-key evil-normal-state-map "gj" 'org-next-visible-heading)
  (spacemacs/set-leader-keys-for-major-mode 'org-mode "gj" 'org-next-visible-heading)
  (spacemacs/set-leader-keys "gj" 'org-next-visible-heading)
  (define-key evil-normal-state-map "gj" 'org-next-visible-heading)
  (define-key evil-org-mode-map "gj" 'org-next-visible-heading)

in my ~/.spacemacs at the end of section dotspacemacs/user-config but it doesn't work.

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Looking a bit further, we find that evil-org-mode defines a minor-mode with the same name. And in the documentation for evil-define-key we find that the syntax below can be used to configure key bindings for minor modes.

Alternatively you could use

(evil-define-minor-mode-key 'normal 'evil-org-mode "gj" #'org-next-visible-heading)

For differences between these two evil macros, read the Mode Specific Keybindings section of noctuid's evil-guide.

END EDIT

It seems that Spacemacs uses the evil-org package for configuring the evil org-mode keybidnings. Indeed it is not so trivial to find how to configure those bindings. However, we can find the current binding using SPC h d k g j to find it is bound to org-forward-element. Subsequently, using ripgrep (SPC s f), we can search for org-forward-element in the .emacs.d/elpa directory. Finally, we find that we can configure the binding as follows:

(evil-define-key 'normal 'evil-org-mode "gj" #'org-next-visible-heading)

If you want to use it from your 'user-config' make sure to evaluate it after the function evil-org-set-key-theme has been evaluated. One way to achieve that is by advising it:

  (advice-add 'evil-org-set-key-theme :after (lambda (_)
      (evil-define-key 'normal 'evil-org-mode "gj" #'org-next-visible-heading)))
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  • It actually doesn't work until I manually run SPC f e R (dostspacemacs/sync-configuration-layers) every time i start emacs. Do you know why? Maybe some other package runs later (after my dotspacemacs/user-config function in dotfile) and rebinds my keys? How to make it work without me running sync-configuration-layers every time?
    – Kossak
    Oct 31, 2022 at 15:41
  • I guess you have to wrap it in a 'with-eval-after-load': (with-eval-after-load 'org-evil (evil-define-key 'normal 'evil-org-mode "gj" #'org-next-visible-heading))
    – dalanicolai
    Oct 31, 2022 at 16:43
  • if I use with-eval-after-load the keys don't work at all, even after reloading dotfile. Maybe I'll create new topic for this problem. Thank you very much for help.
    – Kossak
    Nov 8, 2022 at 8:25
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    Interesting, well I did not test it indeed, but that is usually how it works. However, it turns out evil-org uses some special 'mechanism' to set the keybingings. I have updated the answer with a better solution.
    – dalanicolai
    Nov 8, 2022 at 10:19
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    It works thank you very much :)
    – Kossak
    Nov 8, 2022 at 15:53

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