Bring back the z key in special-mode

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/.emacs.d/init.org b/.emacs.d/init.org
index ef4b381..c921e9d 100644
--- a/.emacs.d/init.org
+++ b/.emacs.d/init.org
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@
                                  :weight 'normal))
   #+END_SRC
 
-* A function to sort python includes
+* A command to sort python includes
 
   At work I use Python. Our project is getting bigger and bigger,
   import statements are growing. We use the following style:
@@ -306,3 +306,20 @@
         (sort-lines nil (1+ (search-backward "("))
                     (1- (search-forward ")")))))
   #+END_SRC
+
+* Bring back the z!
+
+  One or two versions of Emacs ago it was decided that the ~z~ character
+  was too easy to press accidentally, killing the current buffer if it
+  was based on =special-mode=. I disagree. I don't like the fact that
+  using ~q~ leaves the buffers open, usually I want to kill the buffers
+  when I'm done with them, though not always. So I want back my ~z~!
+
+  I don't, however, want to overwrite the ~z~ key in, say, =magit=, so I
+  define it in the =special-mode-map= so it only gets redefined if modes
+  based on =special-mode= don't rebind it themselves.
+
+  #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
+    (stante-after simple
+      (define-key special-mode-map "z" #'kill-this-buffer))
+  #+END_SRC