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emacs: Key Bindings

 
 51.3 Customizing Key Bindings
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 This section describes “key bindings”, which map keys to commands, and
 “keymaps”, which record key bindings.  It also explains how to customize
 key bindings, which is done by editing your init file (Init
 Rebinding).
 

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· Keymaps             Generalities.  The global keymap.
· Prefix Keymaps      Keymaps for prefix keys.
· Local Keymaps       Major and minor modes have their own keymaps.
· Minibuffer Maps     The minibuffer uses its own local keymaps.
· Rebinding           How to redefine one key’s meaning conveniently.
· Init Rebinding      Rebinding keys with your initialization file.
· Modifier Keys       Using modifier keys.
· Function Keys       Rebinding terminal function keys.
· Named ASCII Chars   Distinguishing <TAB> from ‘C-i’, and so on.
· Mouse Buttons       Rebinding mouse buttons in Emacs.
· Disabling           Disabling a command means confirmation is required
                           before it can be executed.  This is done to protect
                           beginners from surprises.
 

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