i am trying to find a way in elisp to swap the [] and () keys.
all i have to do is:
1) get the old definition from the local-map, or if none exists, from
the global map.
2) redefine the keys so that they call the swapped definition. setup
last-command-char and use call-interactively so that everything
works as it should.
so, to make (kbd "[") act like (kbd "(") here's what i do: (assuming
MODE-MAP is the key map to switch)
(let ((orig-open-square (or (lookup-key mode-map "[")
(lookup-key global-map "["))))
(define-key mode-map "("
(lambda ()
(interactive)
(setq last-command-char ?\[)
(call-interactively orig-open-square [?\[]))))
my problem is how to deal with ORIG-OPEN-SQUARE. by the time the (kbd
"(") key gets pressed the definition of orig-open-sqaure is gone. if i
make orig-open-square buffer-local then i get infiinte loops as i end
up setting the key to something which calls itself. i'd like a
mode-local variable or something of a way to say "this keymap has
already been modified, don't do it again."
p.s. - please do not mention the xmodmap/registry manipulation. 1)
they don't work on my powerbook. 2) i can't modify other the registry
on other people's machines, but i can modify the .emacs.
--
-Marco
Ring the bells that still can ring.
Forget your perfect offering.
There is a crack in everything.
That's how the light gets in.
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