Customizing Key Bindings
This section describes key bindings, which map keys to commands, and keymaps, which record key bindings. It also explains how to customize key bindings.
Recall that a command is a Lisp function whose definition provides for interactive use. Like every Lisp function, a command has a function name which usually consists of lower-case letters and hyphens.
- 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 init file, .emacs.
- Function Keys: Rebinding terminal function keys.
- Named ASCII Chars: Distinguishing <TAB> from C-i, and so on.
- Non-ASCII Rebinding: Rebinding non-ASCII characters such as Latin-1.
- 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.
