Globally override key binding in Emacs

Question

How can I set a key binding that globally overrides and takes precedence over all other bindings for that key? I want to override all major/minor mode maps and make sure my

Answer 1

Unless you really want to do this yourself, you should check around and see if anyone else already has done it.

There is a package for Emacs which gives your windows-like keybindings. You should be able to find it through google.

Answer 2

As an addition to scottfrazer's answer, I've written the following so that my keybindings retain precedence, even if subsequently-loaded libraries bring in new keymaps of their own.

Because keymaps can be generated at compile time, load seemed like the best place to do this.

(add-hook 'after-load-functions 'my-keys-have-priority)

(defun my-keys-have-priority (_file)
  "Try to ensure that my keybindings retain priority over other minor modes.

Called via the `after-load-functions' special hook."
  (unless (eq (caar minor-mode-map-alist) 'my-keys-minor-mode)
    (let ((mykeys (assq 'my-keys-minor-mode minor-mode-map-alist)))
      (assq-delete-all 'my-keys-minor-mode minor-mode-map-alist)
      (add-to-list 'minor-mode-map-alist mykeys))))