From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: =?utf-8?Q?=C3=93scar_Fuentes?= Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: something is eating C-M-x Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2021 01:31:21 +0100 Message-ID: <874k85m3om.fsf@telefonica.net> References: <865ysloz73.fsf@stephe-leake.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="26683"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Cancel-Lock: sha1:yKIH25C/B/9e583RcSt/OjCH/4M= Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 22 01:32:08 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1moxFg-0006pN-Fn for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 22 Nov 2021 01:32:08 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34150 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1moxFf-0005mU-Ea for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 21 Nov 2021 19:32:07 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:53552) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1moxF5-0004Yd-9z for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Nov 2021 19:31:31 -0500 Original-Received: from ciao.gmane.io ([116.202.254.214]:54698) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1moxF3-0007KJ-Le for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Nov 2021 19:31:31 -0500 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1moxF1-0005yH-Nk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Nov 2021 01:31:27 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Received-SPF: pass client-ip=116.202.254.214; envelope-from=ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; helo=ciao.gmane.io X-Spam_score_int: -16 X-Spam_score: -1.7 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.7 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.248, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:279899 Archived-At: Stephen Leake writes: > I've just installed a new VMWare virtual machine on my Windows box to > run Debian. > > Something is eating C-M-x, so Emacs doesn't see it. Very frustrating > when trying to redefine elisp functions! > > I'm using the LXDE window manager, and I've checked > ~/.config/openbox/lxde-rc.xml; that does not define C-A-x. > > I've searched in various ways for "hotkeys" and similar terms, but have > not found what the problem is. > > Any hints? > > Is there some X debug program that shows how key events are handled? See xev But maybe Vmware itself is eating C-M, which IIRC by default is used for releasing keyboard+mouse input. See menu Edit -> Preferences -> Hotkeys. You can remap that key combination or use a special shortcut for passing C-M to the guest OS. Search the 'net for "vmware workstation control-alt".