Re: global-set-key in text-mode

[Dave Benjamin]

educkworth@loyola.edu wrote:
> I've gotten it to work through dumb trial and error.  I didn't use the
> add-hook command, just a straight
>
> (define-key text-mode-map "\M-s" 'save-buffer)
>
> in my .emacs.
>
> Thanks for steering me in the right direction.

FWIW, I have the following in my .emacs:

;; keep text-mode from stealing M-s key binding
(define-key text-mode-map "\es" nil)
(define-key text-mode-map "\eS" nil)

This way, my global binding works as intended.

Dave