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21 Keymaps ********** The command bindings of input events are recorded in data structures called “keymaps”. Each entry in a keymap associates (or “binds”) an individual event type, either to another keymap or to a command. When an event type is bound to a keymap, that keymap is used to look up the next input event; this continues until a command is found. The whole process is called “key lookup”.
· Key Sequences Key sequences as Lisp objects.
· Keymap Basics Basic concepts of keymaps.
· Format of Keymaps What a keymap looks like as a Lisp object.
· Creating Keymaps Functions to create and copy keymaps.
· Inheritance and Keymaps How one keymap can inherit the bindings
of another keymap.
· Prefix Keys Defining a key with a keymap as its definition.
· Active Keymaps How Emacs searches the active keymaps
for a key binding.
· Searching Keymaps A pseudo-Lisp summary of searching active maps.
· Controlling Active Maps Each buffer has a local keymap
to override the standard (global) bindings.
A minor mode can also override them.
· Key Lookup Finding a key’s binding in one keymap.
· Functions for Key Lookup How to request key lookup.
· Changing Key Bindings Redefining a key in a keymap.
· Remapping Commands A keymap can translate one command to another.
· Translation Keymaps Keymaps for translating sequences of events.
· Key Binding Commands Interactive interfaces for redefining keys.
· Scanning Keymaps Looking through all keymaps, for printing help.
· Menu Keymaps Defining a menu as a keymap.