Re: Overriding emacs key bindings

[xiongtk]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> From: xiongtk <xiongtk@gmail.com>
>> Date: Fri, 13 May 2016 16:20:58 +0200
>> 
>> Hi! I'm in a situation where I would like to override the following key
>> binding:
>> 
>>     
>> /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/international/mule-cmds.el.gz
>> 
>>     (define-key global-map "\C-\\" 'toggle-input-method)
>> 
>> 
>> Since this file is read only and it's not inside .emacs.d, I do not
>> want to change it directly if other solutions are possible.
>> 
>> I've tried with writing the following line in my personal customization
>> file:
>> 
>>     (define-key global-map (kbd "<f8>") 'toggle-input-method)
>> or
>>     (global-set-key (kbd "<f8>")  'toggle-input-method)
>> 
>> (I've tried both.)
>> Which assigns f8 to be the key binding.
>> 
>> However, checking the key binding with C-h a toggle-input-method gives me
>> the following message:
>> 
>>     Type M-x apropos-follow on an entry to view its full documentation.
>> 
>>     isearch-toggle-input-method   M-x ... RET
>>     Toggle input method in interactive search.
>>     toggle-input-method           <menu-bar> <options> <mule> 
>> <toggle-input-method>, <f8>, C-\
>>     :around advice: `ad-Advice-toggle-input-method'
>> 
>> 
>> Apparently my method does not override the original key binding.
>
> Correct.  It just adds another binding.
>
>> Any suggestions?
>
> You want global-unset-key, evidently.
Thanks for your advice!