Re: TAB in Eval: prompt in minibuffer?

[Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>]

> Well, all modern desktops bind M-TAB to window switching, so Emacs
> is left with `ESC TAB' only, which is not that easy.

I suggest using its equivalent M-C-i.  Or maybe lisp-complete-symbol
should have an aliased keybinding S-TAB?

BTW, info.el dropped M-TAB in favor of S-TAB.  Unfortunately, this
makes `Info-prev-reference' inaccessible on ttys where S-TAB is not
available.  I think info.el, help.el and wid-edit.el should bind both
S-TAB and M-TAB to the same commands: S-TAB for window environments,
and M-TAB for ttys.  The current binding of M-TAB (`complete-symbol')
makes no sense in these modes anyway.

Index: lisp/info.el
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RCS file: /cvsroot/emacs/emacs/lisp/info.el,v
retrieving revision 1.465
diff -c -r1.465 info.el
*** lisp/info.el	4 Dec 2005 04:31:59 -0000	1.465
--- lisp/info.el	7 Dec 2005 07:54:45 -0000
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*** 3071,3076 ****
--- 3083,3089 ----
    (define-key Info-mode-map " " 'Info-scroll-up)
    (define-key Info-mode-map "\C-m" 'Info-follow-nearest-node)
    (define-key Info-mode-map "\t" 'Info-next-reference)
+   (define-key Info-mode-map "\e\t" 'Info-prev-reference)
    (define-key Info-mode-map [(shift tab)] 'Info-prev-reference)
    (define-key Info-mode-map [backtab] 'Info-prev-reference)
    (define-key Info-mode-map "1" 'Info-nth-menu-item)

Index: lisp/button.el
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RCS file: /cvsroot/emacs/emacs/lisp/button.el,v
retrieving revision 1.18
diff -c -r1.18 button.el
*** lisp/button.el	6 Aug 2005 22:13:41 -0000	1.18
--- lisp/button.el	7 Dec 2005 07:54:56 -0000
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*** 69,74 ****
--- 73,79 ----
  (defvar button-buffer-map
    (let ((map (make-sparse-keymap)))
      (define-key map [?\t] 'forward-button)
+     (define-key map "\e\t" 'backward-button)
      (define-key map [backtab] 'backward-button)
      map)
    "Keymap useful for buffers containing buttons.

Index: lisp/wid-edit.el
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/emacs/emacs/lisp/wid-edit.el,v
retrieving revision 1.155
diff -c -r1.155 wid-edit.el
*** lisp/wid-edit.el	16 Nov 2005 22:15:59 -0000	1.155
--- lisp/wid-edit.el	7 Dec 2005 07:54:38 -0000
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*** 852,857 ****
--- 852,858 ----
  (defvar widget-keymap
    (let ((map (make-sparse-keymap)))
      (define-key map "\t" 'widget-forward)
+     (define-key map "\e\t" 'widget-backward)
      (define-key map [(shift tab)] 'widget-backward)
      (define-key map [backtab] 'widget-backward)
      (define-key map [down-mouse-2] 'widget-button-click)

-- 
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/