I found this approach to context aware key bindings useful:
http://endlessparentheses.com/define-context-aware-keys-in-emacs.html
Marcin Borkowski writes:
> On 2016-05-09, at 16:57, Kaushal Modi <kaushal.m...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 10:47 AM Bill White <bi...@wolfram.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Now if only one could bind these to more-convenient keys than M-{ and
>>> M-} when in a plain list.
>>
>>
>> Now only if emacs allowed changing the default key bindings :P :)
>>
>> Check out C-h f define-key
>>
>> (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "KEY") #'COMMAND)
>
> I guess that OP would like some key to do this only when in plain list.
> It's slightly less easy then, and the preferred way (advice/new
> function/maybe some hook) might depend on the particular choice of the
> keys.
>
> Best,
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