Emacs Key Binding Precedence

Question

I'm frustrated with the default behavior of autocomplete overriding key bindings used by yasnippets .

Is there a way to set a precedence so that tab will try to expand a snippet before trying to autocomplete the word?

Quick disclosure: I'm using evil-mode.

Answer 1

If they're both minor modes, then precedence is determined by the order of elements in minor-mode-map-alist which, unless explicitly manipulated, is simply determined by the order in which the libraries were loaded.

Ensure that autocomplete is loaded before yasnippet , and yasnippet's minor mode map would have precedence.

You could also use eval-after-load to adjust minor-mode-map-alist after loading autocomplete , to check for a yasnippet entry, and re-order the list if necessary.

( autocomplete may use other methods, though. A temporary overriding keymap would still have precedence over the minor mode maps, for instance.)