Re: global-set-key not global?

[Kevin Rodgers]

Kai Grossjohann wrote:
> Emory Smith <emory.smith@mac.com> writes:
>>On Feb 5, 2004, at 12:35 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote:
>>>>im using the following in my .emacs:
>>>>(global-set-key "\C-j"  'bs-cycle-next)
>>>>(global-set-key "\M-j"  'bs-cycle-previous)
>>>>
>>>>but a number of major modes still seem to have C-j bound to
>>>>insert-newline.
>>>>it works fine if i use local-set-key inside the add-hook for every
>>>>mode, but
>>>>seems like i shouldnt have to do this.
>>>
>>>Indeed.  Report those things as bugs.
>>
>>so a local keymap entry is not supposed to override a global one?
>
> No.  But the global bindings for C-j and M-j should work for all
> modes, so that there is no need for a mode to bind C-j and M-j itself.
>
> So Stefan was only referring to these two keys.  For other keys, it's
> different.

C-j is LFD so I can understand why Emacs might treat it specially (and 
presumably C-m aka RET).  But what is the significance of M-j?

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Kevin Rodgers