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From: gaynor@pilot.njin.net (Silver)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs,gnu.emacs
Subject: buffer-local bindings w/o copying keymaps
Keywords: GNU Emacs 18.51
Message-ID: <Sep.4.02.25.11.1988.15619@pilot.njin.net>
Date: 4 Sep 88 06:25:12 GMT
Reply-To: gaynor@rutgers.edu
Organization: NJ InterCampus Network, New Brunswick, N.J.
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How do *you* locally bind characters without copymaps?

I figured out a half-baked scheme that works for sparse keymaps using shared
lists.  (Mail me for the fugly details, if you're curious.)  But, using the
existing utilities, I can't think of how to do it properly for non-sparse
keymaps.

Is there some application of the (keymap . char) definition type that I've
overlooked that *properly* does the trick?  If not, what approach would you
suggest for a source-level implementation?  Hmm, using the (variable) value of
a symbol if it doesn't have a function value is kind of easy, and almost
backwards-compatable.  Or would it be better to add a buffer-local-map to
buffers?

Comment?

Regards, [Ag] gaynor@rutgers.edu
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