php-mode breaks keybindings about php-mode HOT 3 CLOSED

The binding for M-j comes from c-mode, from which php-mode is derived. I do not want to make a change to php-mode that would break the consistent behavior of M-j found in c-mode and its derivatives. Admittedly because the default behavior of M-j is something I have relied on for a long time.

You can rebind the key yourself, but unfortunately a simple global-set-key will not do the trick. Despite the name, any mode can come along and rebind a key that you bound globally in your dot-emacs file. The Emacs documentation unapologetically says any binding is fair game for modes except for C-c x, where x is any single key without a modifier (e.g. C-c a is off-limits to modes but C-c C-a is not). But you can still bind M-j to a custom command. First keep the global-set-key call which I assume you have. Then add a hook that re-rebinds the key for php-mode. Something like:

(add-hook 'php-mode-hook (lambda () (define-key php-mode-map (kbd "M-j") 'your-custom-command)

If you only want to disable a key in a mode instead of rebind it then you can use the function local-unset-key. Hope that helps. Please let me know if it doesn't work or causes any other problems.

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Yep, it works. But you forgot two closing parentheses at the end. Thank you very much.

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Heh sorry about that. Consider all the Lisp I have written you think I would have instinctively banged on the closing parenthesis over and over. My mistake.

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