Re: key binding question

[Hadron]

Kevin Rodgers <kevin.d.rodgers@gmail.com> writes:

> Hadron wrote:
>> Is it to add a new key binding to be local to a specific mode by adding
>> a hook e.g
>>
>>
>> (add-hook 'html-mode-hook
>>        (lambda ()
>>          (local-set-key [f10] 'myfunc)))
>>
>>
>> or to use define-key on the specific mode-map?e.g
>>
>> (define-key html-mode-map [f11] 'myfunc)
>>
>> (assume the html-mode-map variable is instantiated/inscope.
>>
>> Or to ask another way, why would you choose one over the other and what
>> might the pitfalls be?
>
> I use the mode hook, because I have an aversion to keymap variable names
> :-) and because it doesn't require the package to be loaded.

Makes sense, and doesn't add it multiple times I assume :-;