Appendix H Standard Keymaps

The following symbols are used as the names for various keymaps. Some of these exist when Emacs is first started, others are loaded only when their respective mode is used. This is not an exhaustive list.

Several keymaps are used in the minibuffer. See Completion Commands.

Almost all of these maps are used as local maps. Indeed, of the modes that presently exist, only Vip mode and Terminal mode ever change the global keymap.

apropos-mode-map

A sparse keymap for apropos buffers.

Buffer-menu-mode-map

A full keymap used by Buffer Menu mode.

c-mode-map

A sparse keymap used by C mode.

command-history-map

A full keymap used by Command History mode.

ctl-x-4-map

A sparse keymap for subcommands of the prefix C-x 4.

ctl-x-5-map

A sparse keymap for subcommands of the prefix C-x 5.

ctl-x-map

A full keymap for C-x commands.

custom-mode-map

A full keymap for Custom mode.

debugger-mode-map

A full keymap used by Debugger mode.

dired-mode-map

A full keymap for dired-mode buffers.

edit-abbrevs-map

A sparse keymap used in edit-abbrevs.

edit-tab-stops-map

A sparse keymap used in edit-tab-stops.

electric-buffer-menu-mode-map

A full keymap used by Electric Buffer Menu mode.

electric-history-map

A full keymap used by Electric Command History mode.

emacs-lisp-mode-map

A sparse keymap used by Emacs Lisp mode.

esc-map

A full keymap for ESC (or Meta) commands.

facemenu-menu

The sparse keymap that displays the Text Properties menu.

facemenu-background-menu

The sparse keymap that displays the Background Color submenu of the Text Properties menu.

facemenu-face-menu

The sparse keymap that displays the Face submenu of the Text Properties menu.

facemenu-foreground-menu

The sparse keymap that displays the Foreground Color submenu of the Text Properties menu.

facemenu-indentation-menu

The sparse keymap that displays the Indentation submenu of the Text Properties menu.

facemenu-justification-menu

The sparse keymap that displays the Justification submenu of the Text Properties menu.

facemenu-special-menu

The sparse keymap that displays the Special Props submenu of the Text Properties menu.

function-key-map

The keymap for translating keypad and function keys.
If there are none, then it contains an empty sparse keymap. See Translation Keymaps.

fundamental-mode-map

The sparse keymap for Fundamental mode.
It is empty and should not be changed.

global-map

The full keymap containing default global key bindings.
Modes should not modify the Global map.

grep-mode-map

The keymap for grep-mode buffers.

help-map

The sparse keymap for the keys that follow the help character C-h.

help-mode-map

The sparse keymap for Help mode.

Helper-help-map

A full keymap used by the help utility package.
It has the same keymap in its value cell and in its function cell.

Info-edit-map

A sparse keymap used by the e command of Info.

Info-mode-map

A sparse keymap containing Info commands.

isearch-mode-map

A keymap that defines the characters you can type within incremental search.

key-translation-map

A keymap for translating keys. This one overrides ordinary key bindings, unlike function-key-map. See Translation Keymaps.

kmacro-map

A sparse keymap for keys that follows the C-x C-k prefix search.

lisp-interaction-mode-map

A sparse keymap used by Lisp Interaction mode.

lisp-mode-map

A sparse keymap used by Lisp mode.

menu-bar-edit-menu

The keymap which displays the Edit menu in the menu bar.

menu-bar-files-menu

The keymap which displays the Files menu in the menu bar.

menu-bar-help-menu

The keymap which displays the Help menu in the menu bar.

menu-bar-mule-menu

The keymap which displays the Mule menu in the menu bar.

menu-bar-search-menu

The keymap which displays the Search menu in the menu bar.

menu-bar-tools-menu

The keymap which displays the Tools menu in the menu bar.

mode-specific-map

The keymap for characters following C-c. Note, this is in the global map. This map is not actually mode specific: its name was chosen to be informative for the user in C-h b (display-bindings), where it describes the main use of the C-c prefix key.

occur-mode-map

A sparse keymap used by Occur mode.

query-replace-map

A sparse keymap used for responses in query-replace and related commands; also for y-or-n-p and map-y-or-n-p. The functions that use this map do not support prefix keys; they look up one event at a time.

text-mode-map

A sparse keymap used by Text mode.

tool-bar-map

The keymap defining the contents of the tool bar.

view-mode-map

A full keymap used by View mode.