From: "Miles Bader" <miles@gnu.org>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: key to yank text at point into minibuffer?
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 08:42:30 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <fc339e4a0602261542y4fc299bfr1ea85b073fd1ee80@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <DNEMKBNJBGPAOPIJOOICGEAKDDAA.drew.adams@oracle.com>
On 2/27/06, Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> wrote:
> Because there are many common C-M- ... bindings in Emacs and my
> fingers are very used to hitting C-M- (whereas C-S- bindings are very
> rare), when I decided to try this new binding, I reflexively hit
> C-M-bs by mistake ... and C-M-bs is a special key-sequence that _kills
> the X server_! Ouch!!
>
> Sounds like maybe `C-M-bs' is the dangerous binding. Why would such a
> command be bound to a key at all? Or are you perhaps referring not to an
> Emacs key binding but to something that Emacs never sees, as in Control +
> Alt + Delete on Windows?
Yes, it is "bound" by the X-server. I agree that it is an unfortunate
binding (though I've found it very useful on a few odd occasions), but
it's been like that since approximately the beginning of time, so
basically isn't going to change anytime soon.
> BTW, how do you type `C-M-bs'? Is `bs' here <backspace>? When I try Control
> + Meta + the Backspace key in emacs -q on Windows, at least, it says
> "undefined".
I hit the "control", the "meta" (actually labelled alt, but mapped to
meta by the X-server), and the "backspace" (by "bs" I meant
"<backspace>") keys simultaneously. [On my keyboard, the physical key
is actually labelled "Delete", and generates an ascii DEL character,
but apparently in some contexts (with modifier key?) it is interpreted
to mean backspace.]
> FWIW, in my own customization, I have `C-M-DEL' (Backspace) bound globally
> (all modes) to `backward-kill-sexp'.
Heh; since meta is commonly mapped to "Alt", that one sound
potentially awkward as well... C-Alt-Del :-)
-Miles
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-02-26 23:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-02-11 17:17 key to yank text at point into minibuffer? Drew Adams
2006-02-12 14:51 ` Mathias Dahl
2006-02-12 17:22 ` Drew Adams
2006-02-12 21:07 ` Mathias Dahl
2006-02-12 21:24 ` Drew Adams
2006-02-13 18:00 ` Kevin Rodgers
2006-02-13 18:22 ` Drew Adams
2006-02-13 21:39 ` Kevin Rodgers
2006-02-13 21:50 ` Drew Adams
2006-02-14 15:53 ` Kevin Rodgers
2006-02-14 21:24 ` Drew Adams
2006-02-16 17:16 ` Kevin Rodgers
2006-02-19 17:27 ` Juri Linkov
2006-02-14 1:45 ` Juri Linkov
2006-02-14 16:55 ` Drew Adams
2006-02-17 21:57 ` Juri Linkov
2006-02-18 2:55 ` Drew Adams
2006-02-19 17:28 ` Juri Linkov
2006-02-19 19:53 ` Drew Adams
2006-02-20 9:03 ` Drew Adams
2006-02-20 19:34 ` Juri Linkov
2006-02-20 23:10 ` Drew Adams
2006-02-21 13:43 ` Mathias Dahl
2006-02-21 13:46 ` Mathias Dahl
2006-02-22 6:10 ` Miles Bader
2006-02-22 15:31 ` Johan Bockgård
2006-02-24 15:48 ` Drew Adams
2006-02-26 1:31 ` Miles Bader
2006-02-26 15:35 ` Drew Adams
2006-02-26 23:42 ` Miles Bader [this message]
2006-02-27 1:17 ` Drew Adams
2006-02-28 0:09 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2006-02-28 1:55 ` Miles Bader
2006-03-02 19:44 ` Richard Stallman
2006-03-03 7:19 ` Miles Bader
2006-03-03 18:30 ` Luc Teirlinck
2006-03-04 2:00 ` Miles Bader
2006-03-04 13:38 ` Richard Stallman
2006-03-04 16:00 ` Luc Teirlinck
2006-03-06 0:48 ` Richard Stallman
2006-03-06 8:06 ` Miles Bader
2006-03-07 8:18 ` Kim F. Storm
2006-02-24 0:34 ` Juri Linkov
2006-02-24 16:44 ` Drew Adams
2006-02-25 8:06 ` Mathias Dahl
2006-02-25 16:36 ` Drew Adams
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