Leader bindings vs major-mode

[jonrubens]

This might be a case of misunderstanding the way to use Meow, but I can't find the right settings to make this work as intended.

For discussion, assume I want SPC . to always call find-file. I can do that by using
(meow-leader-define-key '("." . find-file))
or equivalently I can use
(bind-keys :map mode-specific-map ("." . find-file))

I would like SPC . to always call find-file, even in major-modes that overwrite that binding, such as in org-mode where C-c . is bound to org-timestamp. Now the trick is that I would like the fallback when a key isn't found in the leader keymap to be C-c <key>, so if I hit SPC / while in org-mode, it should call org-sparse-tree. However, if I use (setq meow-keypad-leader-dispatch "C-c"), then I lose the find-file functionality on SPC ..

I also realize that I can get most of what I want by just hitting SPC c <key> but I wasn't sure if there is something else I'm missing about getting this set right.

Also note I got a solution of sorts from an LLM but again I'd prefer this to work as intended if its built in.

(defun my/meow--leader-dispatch-keymap ()
  "A keymap for `meow-keypad-leader-dispatch' where my own
`mode-specific-map' bindings take precedence over whatever the
current major/minor mode has locally bound to C-c."
  (let ((local-cc-map (key-binding (kbd "C-c"))))
    (if (and (keymapp local-cc-map)
             (not (eq local-cc-map mode-specific-map)))
        (make-composed-keymap mode-specific-map local-cc-map)
      mode-specific-map)))

(defun my/meow-refresh-leader-dispatch ()
  (setq-local meow-keypad-leader-dispatch (my/meow--leader-dispatch-keymap)))

;; Recompute every time keypad state is entered, so it's always
;; current for whatever major/minor modes are active right now.
(add-hook 'meow-keypad-mode-hook #'my/meow-refresh-leader-dispatch)

Edit:
I also found this discussion which seems to be the answer unless things have changed in 5 years:
#126 (comment)

My issue is more about how to handle cases where major-modes overwrite my commands in mode-specific-map.