Re: [STUMP] undefine-key not working for me

[Niels]

Joram Schrijver <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi,
>
> On Tue, Jul 29, 2014, at 10:14 PM, Niels wrote:
>> Hi
>> 
>> I have rebinded some keys in my stumpwmrc. For example I have rebinded
>> "w" to show "windowslist" instead of "windows". But I also want to
>> remove the old keybinding. This is what I have in my stumpwmrc:
>> 
>> (undefine-key *root-map* (kbd "w"))
>> (undefine-key *root-map* (kbd "\""))
>> (define-key *root-map* (kbd "w") "windowlist")
>> 
>> "C-t w" now gives me "windowlist", but the old keybinding for windowlist
>> on "C-t "" still works, and both " and w is listed on the command
>> overview
>> on "C-t ?". 
>> 
>
> First of all, DEFINE-KEY would just override any previous bindings, so
> you don't need to first UNDEFINE-KEY them. Now onto the problem.
> Calling UNDEFINE-KEY removes the binding from the specified keymap, but
> the binding on " doesn't come from *ROOT-MAP*. It is defined in
> *GROUP-ROOT-MAP*, which isn't exported from the STUMPWM package (The
> default binding on w is also defined in *GROUP-ROOT-MAP*, so the first
> UNDEFINE-KEY doesn't actually work either). If it's important for the
> binding to be removed you could specify STUMPWM::*GROUP-ROOT-MAP* in
> place of *ROOT-MAP* of the second call to UNDEFINE-KEY. Alternatively
> you could submit a pull request for *GROUP-ROOT-MAP* and possibly some
> of the group-specific keymap symbols to be exported from the STUMPWM
> package.
>
>> As I understand the manual that should be the correct syntax to
>> undefine a key, but I seem to have missed something, since it does not
>> work for me. What have I missed?
>> 
>
> UNDEFINE-KEY is basically not needed anymore, because DEFINE-KEY with a
> COMMAND argument of NIL removes the binding. UNDEFINE-KEY now does
> exactly that.

Hi Joram. Thank you for the nice explanation. With the right keymap it
works nicely now.

-- 
Niels