Re: Multiple keymaps for a minor mode

[Tim Johnson]

On 1/23/20 11:49 AM, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> > (defvar tj-mode-map (make-sparse-keymap)
> >    "Keymap for `tj-mode'.")
> >
> > ;;;###autoload
> > (define-minor-mode tj-minor-mode
> >    "This minor mode enables my key settings to override conflicting modes."
> >    :init-value t
> >    :lighter " -tj-"
> >    :keymap tj-mode-map)
> This last line can be removed if you rename `tj-mode-map` to 
> `tj-minor-mode-map`.
>
> > (add-to-list 'emulation-mode-map-alists `((tj-minor-mode . ,tj-mode-map)))
> This is redundant with the keymap setup of `define-minor-mode`, so you'd
> be better off just not using the :keymap of `define-minor-mode`.
>
> > Can I use multiple :keymap entries, one for each keymap
> No, `define-minor-mode` does not support that.
>
> > or must I define a minor mode for each of my custom keymaps?
> Not a good idea either.
Thanks for the reply Stefa, however I do not completely understand your 
last comment which follows:
> But you can simply your various keymaps to `emulation-mode-map-alists`
> manually like you already do.
Could you elaborate?

Thank you


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Tim
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