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Keymaps
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   The bindings between input events and commands are recorded in data
structures called "keymaps".  Each binding in a keymap associates (or
"binds") an individual event type either to another keymap or to a
command.  When an event type is bound to a keymap, that keymap is used
to look up the next input event; this continues until a command is
found.  The whole process is called "key lookup".

Keymap Terminology

Definitions of terms pertaining to keymaps.

Format of Keymaps

What a keymap looks like as a Lisp object.

Creating Keymaps

Functions to create and copy keymaps.

Inheritance and Keymaps

How one keymap can inherit the bindings

of another keymap.

Prefix Keys

Defining a key with a keymap as its definition.

Active Keymaps

Each buffer has a local keymap

to override the standard (global) bindings. A minor mode can also override them.

Key Lookup

How extracting elements from keymaps works.

Functions for Key Lookup

How to request key lookup.

Changing Key Bindings

Redefining a key in a keymap.

Key Binding Commands

Interactive interfaces for redefining keys.

Scanning Keymaps

Looking through all keymaps, for printing help.

Menu Keymaps

Defining a menu as a keymap.