Avoiding overlapped keybindings in emacs?

Question

I have done some searching around and can not quite find what I am looking for so I figured I would ask. This could be due to not using the right terms however.

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Answer 1

I personally use C-' as my 'leader key' for my personal keybinding map. You can create the prefix and bind keys to it like so:

(global-set-key (kbd "C-'") ctl-quote-map)
(define-key ctl-quote-map (kbd "C-p") 'stumpwm-move-window-up)
(define-key ctl-quote-map (kbd "C-n") 'stumpwm-move-window-down)
(define-key ctl-quote-map (kbd "C-f") 'stumpwm-move-window-right)
(define-key ctl-quote-map (kbd "C-b") 'stumpwm-move-window-left)
(define-key ctl-quote-map (kbd "r") 'stumpwm-interactive-resize-window)

Nobbody steps over something that obscure, and if you use the left control it's a balanced double pinky motion. C-; is also good, which is what I use for the stumpwm escape key.