Switching buffers and frames in Org mode

Question

I'm using M-<left> and M-<right> to cycle buffers in Emacs 24 (with previous-buffer and next-buffer respectively). I also use C-<tab> to cycle through frames.

In Org mode those keys are bound to specific functions. The problem is, if I position the cursor in a neutral area (over whitespace), the keys register and fail; I'd like them to fall back to the behaviour detailed above.

Sadly I don't speak Lisp so I can't tacle the problem on my own.

• How can I define a shortcut to custom behaviour when over whitespace in Org mode?

Answer 1

If the issue only presents itself in org-mode, then my best guess is that there are key definitions in that major mode that are trumping your global key settings. One option would be to remove the org-mode-map definitions that are affecting your global settings, and reassign them to different keys. To remove org-mode-map definitions, here is one possible method:

(eval-after-load "org" '(progn

  (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "<M-left>") nil)

  (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "<M-right>") nil)

  (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-<tab>") nil)  ))