How to provide a true alias key sequence in emacs?












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I would like in Emacs a key sequence FOO to be an true alias for a sequence BAR. Whenever FOO is entered it should perform the same action as entering BAR does.



I cannot use something like:



(global-set-key (kbd "FOO") (key-binding (kbd "BAR")))


That binds FOO to the current action for BAR
. If BAR will be later remapped or overwritten or hidden by a minor mode, that will not be reflected by FOO.



I tried to workaround that using:



(global-set-key (kbd "FOO") 

  (lambda ()

   (interactive)

   (key-binding (kbd "BAR")))


But that still is not a true alias. The interactive spec for the lambda is not the same as for the action that BAR is bound to. I suppose I can address that using (interactive (advice-eval-interactive ...)), but it seems rater complex for something that sounds like a basic functionality.



So perhaps I missed some Emacs API for doing key aliasing?






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    I would like in Emacs a key sequence FOO to be an true alias for a sequence BAR. Whenever FOO is entered it should perform the same action as entering BAR does.



    I cannot use something like:



    (global-set-key (kbd "FOO") (key-binding (kbd "BAR")))


    That binds FOO to the current action for BAR
    . If BAR will be later remapped or overwritten or hidden by a minor mode, that will not be reflected by FOO.



    I tried to workaround that using:



    (global-set-key (kbd "FOO") 
    
  (lambda ()
    
   (interactive)
    
   (key-binding (kbd "BAR")))


    But that still is not a true alias. The interactive spec for the lambda is not the same as for the action that BAR is bound to. I suppose I can address that using (interactive (advice-eval-interactive ...)), but it seems rater complex for something that sounds like a basic functionality.



    So perhaps I missed some Emacs API for doing key aliasing?






    emacs key-binding







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      I would like in Emacs a key sequence FOO to be an true alias for a sequence BAR. Whenever FOO is entered it should perform the same action as entering BAR does.



      I cannot use something like:



      (global-set-key (kbd "FOO") (key-binding (kbd "BAR")))


      That binds FOO to the current action for BAR
      . If BAR will be later remapped or overwritten or hidden by a minor mode, that will not be reflected by FOO.



      I tried to workaround that using:



      (global-set-key (kbd "FOO") 
      
  (lambda ()
      
   (interactive)
      
   (key-binding (kbd "BAR")))


      But that still is not a true alias. The interactive spec for the lambda is not the same as for the action that BAR is bound to. I suppose I can address that using (interactive (advice-eval-interactive ...)), but it seems rater complex for something that sounds like a basic functionality.



      So perhaps I missed some Emacs API for doing key aliasing?






      emacs key-binding







      share|improve this question














      I would like in Emacs a key sequence FOO to be an true alias for a sequence BAR. Whenever FOO is entered it should perform the same action as entering BAR does.



      I cannot use something like:



      (global-set-key (kbd "FOO") (key-binding (kbd "BAR")))


      That binds FOO to the current action for BAR
      . If BAR will be later remapped or overwritten or hidden by a minor mode, that will not be reflected by FOO.



      I tried to workaround that using:



      (global-set-key (kbd "FOO") 
      
  (lambda ()
      
   (interactive)
      
   (key-binding (kbd "BAR")))


      But that still is not a true alias. The interactive spec for the lambda is not the same as for the action that BAR is bound to. I suppose I can address that using (interactive (advice-eval-interactive ...)), but it seems rater complex for something that sounds like a basic functionality.



      So perhaps I missed some Emacs API for doing key aliasing?






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          You can try:



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            You can try:



            (global-set-key (kbd "FOO") (kbd "BAR"))





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              You can try:



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                You can try:



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