How to handle conflicting keybindings

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paredit binds M-<up> and M-<down>, but I want windmove to own those keybindings. I have paredit-mode set to activate in certain modes only, but windmove is set to run globally. I want windmove to win, but paredit steals those keybindings when it loads.

How can I easily stop paredit from stomping on windmove's keybindings? I have been going into paredit.el and commenting out the lines which set the keybinding, but this is far from ideal (I have to remember to do this every time I update paredit).

More generally, can I load an elisp file while "protecting" certain keybindings from being changed?

score 14 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 18 '08 at 13:14

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You can use eval-after-load to configure paredit's behavior after loading it, as described in its comments:

;;; Customize paredit using `eval-after-load':
;;;
;;;   (eval-after-load 'paredit
;;;     '(progn ...redefine keys, &c....))

So, for example:

(eval-after-load 'paredit
  '(progn
     (define-key paredit-mode-map (kbd "<M-up>") nil)
     (define-key paredit-mode-map (kbd "<M-down>") nil)))

answered Nov 18 '08 at 13:14

Emerick Rogul

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This is a also great general purpose answer - thanks so much. My one contribution is to point out that if also you want to alter a keybinding (rather than remove it), you would put the name of the paredit function where Emerick put the `nil` above, like I've done for "forward-slurp": `(eval-after-load 'paredit '(progn (define-key paredit-mode-map (kbd "") 'paredit-forward-slurp-sexp)))` – quux00 Aug 17 '12 at 12:57

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:25

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This question has been answered before: Globally override key binding in Emacs

You create your own minor mode with your preferred keybindings and enable it globally, so that it overrides all other keybindings.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:25

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answered Sep 13 '09 at 18:18

Ryan C. Thompson

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How to handle conflicting keybindings

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