Keymaps

The command bindings of input events are recorded in data structures called keymaps. Each entry 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 Basics
• Changing Key Bindings
• Format of Keymaps
• Creating Keymaps
• Inheritance and Keymaps
• Prefix Keys
• Active Keymaps
• Searching the Active Keymaps
• Controlling the Active Keymaps
• Key Lookup
• Functions for Key Lookup
• Key Sequences
• Low-Level Key Binding
• Remapping Commands
• Keymaps for Translating Sequences of Events
• Commands for Binding Keys
• Scanning Keymaps
• Menu Keymaps