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elisp: Keymaps and Minor Modes

 
 22.3.2 Keymaps and Minor Modes
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 Each minor mode can have its own keymap, which is active when the mode
 is enabled.  To set up a keymap for a minor mode, add an element to the
 alist ‘minor-mode-map-alist’.  Definition of
 minor-mode-map-alist.
 
    One use of minor mode keymaps is to modify the behavior of certain
 self-inserting characters so that they do something else as well as
 self-insert.  (Another way to customize ‘self-insert-command’ is through
 ‘post-self-insert-hook’.  Apart from this, the facilities for
 customizing ‘self-insert-command’ are limited to special cases, designed
 for abbrevs and Auto Fill mode.  Do not try substituting your own
 definition of ‘self-insert-command’ for the standard one.  The editor
 command loop handles this function specially.)
 
    Minor modes may bind commands to key sequences consisting of ‘C-c’
 followed by a punctuation character.  However, sequences consisting of
 ‘C-c’ followed by one of ‘{}<>:;’, or a control character or digit, are
 reserved for major modes.  Also, ‘C-c LETTER’ is reserved for users.
 Key Binding Conventions.
 

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