Force keymap to ignore (kbd ) and [tab] even though TAB is defined

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I found that when I press the tab key, the command I have bound to C-i gets run (somewhat unsurprisingly). I would like to keep this command bound to C-i but run a different one when pressing the tab key. I have found that I can do this within a keymap by defining (kbd <tab>)

Thanks to this Emacs.SE post, I found which keymap is responsible for it and that there is a global binding for tab. The keymap doesn't have (kbd <tab>) bound, but it's translated instead of falling through to the global binding.

How do I get it to fall through?

`(kbd "")` and `[tab]` are completely identical. – PythonNut Aug 05 '15 at 19:25 — PythonNut, Aug 05 '15 at 19:25

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:52

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This comment provides a solution: bind the global (kbd "TAB") and (kbd "<tab>") to different things and Emacs will stop translating the keybinding.

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:52

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answered Aug 05 '15 at 19:21

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Force keymap to ignore (kbd ) and [tab] even though TAB is defined

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