Make god-mode work in special-mode buffers such as the Org agenda

[spwhitton]

god-mode doesn't work well in special-mode buffers such as the Org agenda. These buffers bind functions other than self-insert-command to letter and number keys, and god-local-mode intercepts key presses by remapping self-insert-command to its own function. So it fails to get a grip in special-mode buffers.

This is okay when one isn't using Evil, because in such modes bindings aren't generally prefixed with C- and M-, so there's little reason to use god-mode.

However, it's useful, at least in my own case, to use evil-god-state from the Emacs state in Org agenda buffers. So manually remap all the single character keys to god-mode-self-insert-command.

[gridaphobe]

Hey, sorry I keep forgetting to respond to this. I don't particularly like adding a hard-coded list of keys to override, particularly when it will be run for all buffers. So I'd prefer not to merge this in at the moment, but that doesn't mean you have to keep using a fork!

Just add a hook to evil-god-state-entry-hook, e.g.

(defun my-override-special-mode-keys ()
  ...
)
(add-hook 'evil-god-state-entry-hook my-override-special-mode-keys)

[spwhitton]

Thanks. I'm achieving the same thing in my own config by just adding the keys to god-local-mode-map. I totally understand why you don't want to merge this; I wish I could come up with a better way. Perhaps scanning all current bindings for those preceding with C- and M- and then binding those.