From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Enabling Transient Mark Mode by default Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:17:05 +0900 Message-ID: <873arlkiha.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: <87myq4saw1.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <200802190938.m1J9ccVg016565@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <20080219190127.GA1106@muc.de> <877ih0o9dx.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <86lk5f4fjb.fsf@timbral.net> <87ejb7babz.fsf@xmission.com> <85lk5fcod6.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <87ablvb4om.fsf@xmission.com> <85lk5fb3ym.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <8763wjb0nk.fsf@xmission.com> <864pc2tyw0.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> <86zltuqsmn.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> <007401c874af$09194910$0600a8c0@us.oracle.com> <877igykkup.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <47BE026B.8050708@gmail.com> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1203635851 9933 80.91.229.12 (21 Feb 2008 23:17:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:17:31 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Drew Adams , Emacs Devel To: "Lennart Borgman \(gmail\)" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Feb 22 00:17:53 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JSKfm-00029O-P1 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:17:51 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JSKfH-0006wp-Gk for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:17:19 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JSKfE-0006wk-Df for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:17:16 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JSKfC-0006wN-VG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:17:16 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JSKfC-0006wK-SJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:17:14 -0500 Original-Received: from smtp11.dentaku.gol.com ([203.216.5.73]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JSKf8-0008CS-TI; Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:17:11 -0500 Original-Received: from 203-216-97-013.dsl.gol.ne.jp ([203.216.97.13] helo=catnip.gol.com) by smtp11.dentaku.gol.com with esmtpa (Dentaku) id 1JSKf5-0003U2-6b; Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:17:07 +0900 Original-Received: by catnip.gol.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 52B792FF7; Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:17:06 +0900 (JST) System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu In-Reply-To: <47BE026B.8050708@gmail.com> (Lennart Borgman's message of "Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:59:55 +0100") Original-Lines: 18 X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV GOL (outbound) X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:89890 Archived-At: "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" writes: >> M-SPC seems to be trapped by this window manager (metacity) so it may >> not be a very good binding for a lot of people (since metacity gets many >> of its keybinding cues from windows, I'd also check whether windows >> traps that)... > > Windows does not trap M-SPC but Alt-SPC. But, yes, it will be a problem > on w32 too as long as Alt is use for Emacs META. Er, well, the concept of "M-" is often kind of fuzzy at a WM level (since keyboards generally don't say "Meta" anywhere), but yeah, many WMs seem to trap key bindings that may be what Emacs thinks of as "M-SPC". -Miles -- Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.