RE: defining my own newline function

[Drew Adams]

> (define-key pypoutline-mode-map "\C-j" 'pypoutline-newline-and-indent)
> (define-key pypoutline-mode-map [<return>] 'pypoutline-newline-and-indent)
> (define-key py-mode-map "\C-m" 'pypoutline-newline-and-indent)

> but none of them seem to be working.  If I type C-h k and
> then hit return (in a buffer running my mode), I get:

> RET (translated from <return>) runs the command newline

> What am I doing wrong?  Is there something I need to add
> to the syntax table of my mode or somewhere else?

Are you sure that you are in your mode and that your mode has your mode map
as its local map? What does `M-: (current-local-mode)' tell you?

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