Re: emacs init and mode-maps

[David Kastrup]

Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gmane@imap.cc> writes:

> On Thu, Jun 22 2006, Andreas Roehler wrote:
>
>> After defining a key in my emacs init file
>>
>> (define-key sh-mode-map "\M-#" 'variable-anlegen)
>>
>> emacs refused further loading and I got the following error
>>
>> "Symbol's value as variable is void: sh-mode-map".
>>
>> Meanwhile I know, that 
>> (require 'sh-script)
>>
>> in the init file before will solve the problem.
>>
>> Nonetheless, I consider this error as not appropriate,
>> as defining mode-keys in init files is a common task.
>
> Use `eval-after-load' or a mode hook.

(add-hook 'sh-mode-hook (lambda nil
   (define-key sh-mode-map "\M-#" 'variable-anlegen)))

Would be sort of the usual way to do this.  eval-after-load is rather
an emergency measure and not desirable here.

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum