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• bind-map bind-map is an Emacs package providing the macro =bind-map= which can be used to make a keymap available across different "leader keys" including ones tied to evil states. It is essentially a generalization of the idea of a leader key as used in vim or the Emacs [[https://github.com/cofi/evil-leader][evil-leader]] package, and allows for an arbitrary number of "leader keys". This is probably best explained with an example.

#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (bind-map my-base-leader-map :keys ("M-m") :evil-keys ("SPC") :evil-states (normal motion visual)) (bind-map my-elisp-map :keys ("M-m m" "M-RET") :evil-keys ("SPC m" ",") :major-modes (emacs-lisp-mode lisp-interaction-mode)) #+END_SRC

This will make =my-base-leader-map= (automatically creating the map if it's not defined yet) available under the prefixes (or leaders) =M-m= and =SPC=, where the latter is only bound in evil's normal, motion or visual states. The second declaration makes =my-elisp-map= available under the specified keys when one of the specified major modes is active. In the second case, the evil states used are also normal motion and visual because this is the default as specified in =bind-map-default-evil-states=. It is possible to make the bindings conditional on minor modes being loaded, or a mix of major and minor modes. Since the symbols of the modes are used, it is not necessary to ensure that any of the mode's packages are loaded prior to this declaration. See the docstring of =bind-map= for more options.

This package will only make use of evil if one of the evil related keywords is specified. This declaration, for example, makes no use of the evil package.

#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (bind-map my-elisp-map :keys ("M-m m" "M-RET") :major-modes (emacs-lisp-mode lisp-interaction-mode)) #+END_SRC

The idea behind this package is that you want to organize your personal bindings in a series of keymaps separate from built-in mode maps. You can simply add keys using the built-in =define-key= to =my-elisp-map= for example, and a declaration like the one above will take care of ensuring that these bindings are available in the correct places.

** Binding keys in the maps You may use the built-in =define-key= which will function as intended. =bind-key= (part of [[https://github.com/jwiegley/use-package][use-package]]) is another option. For those who want a different interface, you may either use the =:bindings= keyword in the =bind-map= macro or the two provided functions =bind-map-set-keys= and =bind-map-set-key-defaults=, which both just use =define-key= internally, but allow for multiple bindings without much syntax.

#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (bind-map my-base-leader-map :keys ("M-m") :evil-keys ("SPC") :evil-states (normal motion visual) :bindings ("c" 'compile "C" 'check))

(bind-map-set-keys my-base-leader-map "c" 'compile "C" 'check ;; ... ) ;; is the same as ;; (define-key my-base-leader-map (kbd "c") 'compile) ;; (define-key my-base-leader-map (kbd "C") 'check) ;; ...

(bind-map-set-key-defaults my-base-leader-map "c" 'compile ;; ... ) ;; is the same as ;; (unless (lookup-key my-base-leader-map (kbd "c")) ;; (define-key my-base-leader-map (kbd "c") 'compile)) ;; ... #+END_SRC

The second function only adds the bindings if there is no existing binding for that key. It is probably only useful for shared configurations, where you want to provide a default binding but don't want that binding to overwrite one made by the user. Note the keys in both functions are strings that are passed to =kbd= before binding them.

** Avoiding repetition If you use multiple =bind-map= declarations you might find yourself repeating properties like =:evil-keys= and =:evil-states=. You may use =bind-map-for-mode-inherit= to automatically pull these properties from a parent map as the following example illustrates. See the docstring for more information.

#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (bind-map my-leader-map :keys ("M-m") :evil-keys ("SPC") :evil-states (normal motion visual))

(bind-map-for-mode-inherit my-markdown-map my-leader-map :major-modes (markdown-mode)) #+END_SRC