Re: bypassing defining prefix keys

[Andreas Schwab]

"Drew Adams" <address@hidden> writes:

> Here's why. In dired.el, instead of defining `*' and `%' as prefix keys, a
> shortcut is taken. `*' and `%' are each bound to nil, so that they are
> undefined in `dired-mode-map', and then each of the `*-<whatever>' and
> `%-<whatever> key sequences is bound directly in `dired-mode-map'. That is:
>
>  (define-key dired-mode-map "*" nil)
>  (define-key dired-mode-map "*/" 'dired-mark-directories)
>  ...
>
> This explains the behavior I get, but I wonder if `*' and `%' should be
> defined this way.

Before the remap feature existed you had to remove the existing binding
for "*" (from suppress-keymap) before you could redefine it as a prefix
key.

Andreas.

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