Questions tagged [key-bindings]
Keyboard shortcuts, key chords, key sequences, hotkeys, or any association between key combinations and corresponding actions in Emacs.
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Keybindings not working?
I'm using spacemacs and I've added the following user config:
(defun dotspacemacs/user-config ()
"Configuration function for user code.
This function is called at the very end of Spacemacs ...
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No confirmation for changing global key bindings Interactively in Emacs
I have tried to add global key-bindings to Emacs interactively via M-x global-set-key by following the guidelines in the Emacs Manual. When I add a keybinding though there is no confirmation prompt so ...
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Using keyboard commands
I am Using Emacs GUI on Windows 10 and am having problems entering commands. I am attempting to use C-h t and I am getting the error message C-c h is undefined. What am I doing wrong?
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Unbind CUA <C-return> key only in dired mode
Goal: unbind <C-return> key ONLY in dired mode in order to rebind it to dired-w32explore.
My configuration is using use-package with something like this:
(use-package dired
:init
(unbind-...
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Rebind C-x b to ivy-switch-buffer
I find ivy-switch-to-buffer is handy abo-abo/swiper: Ivy
Is it possible to bind the function to C-x b
Additionally, my C-x C-b is bonded to ibuffer
How could rebind it to function 'helm-buffer-list"...
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When using `lisp-state`, how can we repeat an action like slurp, and bind a key to easily perform the repeat?
In vim, I frequently used the "." shortcut for repeating the last command. I found this extremely useful especially when working with clojure tools to do things like slurp-ing and barf-ing to refactor ...
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What function does C-x invoke?
I learned that M-x invokes command execute-extended-command.
Extended commands - GNU Emacs FAQ
What command does C-x invoke?
I looked through the reference but failed to find the answer.
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Binding a key sequence to a key sequence instead of a command
In my .emacs, I tried to use
(global-set-key (kbd "M-r") (kbd "C-x r j")
so I can use M-r to jump to a register. However, doing this and using the command gives
After 0 kbd macro iterations: Args ...
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Add minor mode which override evil shortcut
I want to create a minor mode to resize windows in emacs, like the resize mode of i3. I try many things, but evil shortcuts always override my minor mode...
My minor mode:
(defvar my-window-resize-...
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Emacs subshell: how to select options by moving up and down arrow keys?
I open a subshell session using M + x shell and I create a Nuxt.js application using: yarn create nuxt-app myproject.
During the installation process, I am suggested which packages/frameworks/...
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“ESC” no longer works as meta; how can I restore functionality?
I mistyped some command sequence and ESC stopped working as a meta prefix in Aquamacs (it still functions as usual in the command-line emacs, including both Apple's system version and the command-line ...
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Unbind all keys from mode
I would like to prevent modes to add any custom keys to emacs.
For example this works for default key map:
(global-set-key (kbd "C-c") nil)
And this works for ensime:
(eval-after-load "ensime-mode"...
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Advertise a binding for TeX-next-error in AucTeX
How can I advertise a binding for TeX-next-error in AucTeX?I
There are several bindings for next-error, normally C-x `, M-g n, M-g M-n. With
(put 'next-error :advertised-binding "\M-gn")
I will see ...
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How can I get RET to follow org-mode links when using evil-mode?
In org-mode, the link-following behaviour of RET, that should be present when org-return-follows-link is set, doesn't work in evil-mode.
MWE from emacs -q:
Load an org buffer containing a link. Note ...
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How do I override a keybinding defined by evil-mode?
I've searched for this before but I've only seen questions like the below:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/683425/globally-override-key-binding-in-emacs
How to override major mode bindings
I don'...
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How rollback settings without restart Emacs?
windows 10, emacs 26.1
In my init.el
(with-eval-after-load 'magit-status
(define-key magit-status-mode-map (kbd "C-<tab>") nil))
This disable C-<tab> after magit-status was load.
And ...
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Cannot bind <M-s-left>
I use elpy as Python IDE. I want M-<left> and M-<right> (M = alt) not to be overridden by elpy with elpy-nav-indent-shift-left and elpy-nav-indent-shift-left but insted bind these to ...
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Backspace strange behaviour when word selected and cursor after open parenthesis
I got a strange issue when I hit backspace while some text is selected and my cursor is close to an open parenthesis, example:
b(aaa)
If I select aaa and my cursor is on the first a, I would like ...
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What is the difference between `C-i` and `<C-i>`?
I've just set
(define-key input-decode-map "\C-i" [\C-i])
(define-key input-decode-map "\C-m" [\C-m])
(define-key input-decode-map "\C-[" [\C-\[])
in my config, but I noticed that C-i is now ...
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How to disable C-<number>
I don't know the name of the command C-<number> <entry> to repeat the <entry>, <number> times.
For me it is more annoying than useful, several times I have accidentally ...
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M-= shortcut suddenly stops working in Emacs in KDE
I'm trying to run M-= on a region of text, but nothing happens. I think the shortcut is registered (I don't get a message like "M-= is undefined") but the execution stops for some reason and there is ...
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Change prefix key for compose-character (C-x 8)
According to the documentation, the key C-x 8 can be used to insert non-ASCII characters. For example, C-x 8 ' a will insert "á". Is it possible to change the prefix key to another (shorter) value, ...
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Unexpected behavior of Meta-RET in org-mode
when using lists in org-mode, the Meta-RET binding does not behave as expected. What I expect is that the binding will create a new item at the same level as the previous item. What I get is a new ...
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How to bind a function to the Windows key
I want to bind the function evil-normal-state to the windows key on my keyboard. How do I do that? Also is there a way to bind the Fn key to other functions?
I am using Emacs 26.1 on a Linux-Mint ...
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Evil Mode, how to rebind the caps-lock key to go into normal mode
In addition to the Escape key, I would like to go into Normal mode while editing by pressing the caps-lock key. How do I achieve that?
Thus far I have been able to disable the Caps-lock key using
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Keyboard shortcuts for applying a theme [duplicate]
I want to bind loading a specific theme to a key-binding.
However, this does not work.
(global-set-key (kbd "C-<f1>") '(load-theme 'zenburn))
I would like Ctrl and the F1 key to apply the ...
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Unable to mark files in directory listing from `C-x C-d`
I was just wondering if anyone has noticed the following behaviour after doing C-x C-d.
I use C-x C-d to navigate to a directories and subdirectories with pdfs. Then I try to mark a pdf file with M-x ...
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How do I add custom hierarchical keybindings?
I am looking for a compact way to store a lot of shortcut keybindings. This is my current idea, for which I'm looking for help how to add this into my emacs config:
I would like to make F9 "my" key, ...
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Very short key bindings for emacs commands [duplicate]
There are some text actions that I use so often in emacs that the user-made commands I currently use, invoked with the standard M-x ... RET procedure do not satisfy me.
I would like to replace their ...
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C-x requires to look down at keyboard, interrupting flow [closed]
I'm trying to get used to emacs (really trying).
I use a small apple keyboard.
I can't see (in physical terms) how I will ever be able to do C-x without dropping my gaze from the screen and what I ...
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How to bind mouse click to kill an inactive window, but not the buffer
I'm trying to create a binding to kill windows (but not buffers) when they're being pressed by a middle mouse click in their header lines. (Just to note, all windows in my setup have header lines.)
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Elpy - Close Window when invoking elpy-shell-kill
Elpy helps a great deal, when editing Python-Code. For example it let's you run the current file with C-c C-c in a new Window with a REPL. When i'm done with this, i can hit C-c C-k (elpy-shell-kill) ...
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Create a command or key binding for closing code blocks
In AUXtex there is the key binding macro C-c ] which closes the lowest current TeX environment. For example
\begin{equation}
...
would be closed (by putting an \end{equation} on a new line after ...
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Browse url at point when clicking and pressing super
I am trying to make emacs open the url displayed under the current point when I left click and press the super key at the same time.
I am trying with this code but it does not work
(global-set-key (...
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C-c C-c is not working
I'm writing a major mode.
In that mode I put:
(define-key oef-mode-map (kbd "C-c C-c") 'oef-edit-in-browser) ;
With Aquamacs (on my mac) the shortcut is working as expected.
But with emacs (on ...
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Rebinding C-S-s?
I'm trying to set up C-S-s to run isearch-forward-symbol-at-point, but when I do the obvious step of:
(global-set-key [C-S-s] 'isearch-forward-symbol-at-point)
It doesn't work. It just does a ...
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Return key when Emacs running inside a terminal [duplicate]
I have re-assigned the RETURN key to exit the insert state in Evil mode.
(define-key evil-insert-state-map [return] 'evil-normal-state)
But this does't work with emacs -nw in terminal. Any way to ...
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How to remap ctrl-x with key-chord
How to remap C-x with key-chord mode.
(key-chord-define-global "uu" 'what-goes-here?)
https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/KeyChord
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Shift + cursor stopped behave as usual in org mode
after a package update and restart shift+arrow does not behave as usual in org mode: move one day up/down in dates or cycling between statuses (todo, done, waiting...) in task lists.
org-support-...
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Get keymap that called function
I am trying to write a function that can be used to make a keybinding "remember" the key sequence that led up to the function being called.
(defun modal-function (func)
(funcall func)
(set-...
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how to solve conflicts between operating system shortcuts and emacs shortcuts?
In some cases operating system shortcuts takes precedence and in other cases emacs shortcuts takes precedence. what's the reason for this kind of behaviour?
Eg:
(Mojave shortcut) Command + shift + 5,...
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I accidentally set a letter key to another command. How can I reset it?
In the past when this happened, I was able to google the answer with no problem, but this time nothing's coming up.
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Issues adding super keybindings to term-mode-map on Mac OSX
I'm trying to bind Command-{ and Command-} to multi-term-prev and multi-term-next. I only want them in term-mode, since if I use it in a file buffer it will switch to show a terminal (which is rather ...
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Make Emacs short keys work in different language
I have to often switch the OS keyboard language between Latin an Cyrillic. When the keyboard is Cyrillic the short keys don't work because they are not recognized. For example a Latin command of C-x-c ...
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How to `transpose-chars' backwards
I'm trying to make a trivial function that simply transposes chars backwards.
This is what I got so far:
(defun jd:backward-transpose-chars ()
(interactive)
(transpose-chars -1))
(define-key ...
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Elisp - Activate and Deactivate Linum-Mode when Goto-Line is Triggered
I switched to Emacs from Vim and because of Vims functionality of giving keys a prefix, (for example to jump up several lines etc.) i installed relative-linum-mode right away.
Now i found out about ...
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how to provide a parameter for interactive lamda function
I want to be able to perform helm-swoop on an input error: on a compiler output buffer using C-x C-r, here is how I tried to achieve it.
(global-set-key (kbd "C-x C-r") (lambda () (interactive) (...
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bind an insertion to a mouse click [duplicate]
I need to change a space to a | here and there and i guessed that the best possibility were to bind a mouse click and the insertion of the pipe
(global-set-key [s-mouse-1] '(insert "|"))
But when I ...
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How to deal with particular key-binding conflict (F3 key on Mac)
I would like to make a very basic macro on my Mac, to have a command that
writes a list of slashes in the current file : ////////////////////
The "Basic emacs macros" section of the manual says :
‘&...
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Keybinding for Smerge
I'm trying to change the keybindings to all the smerge commands. I added :
(setq smerge-command-prefix "\C-c v")
to my Emacs config. M-x customize smerge confirms that the Smerge Command Prefix is ^...
