From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Neon Absentius Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Delete M-TAB behaviour in Emacs Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 23:42:17 +0000 Message-ID: <20050921234217.GU21355@SDF.LONESTAR.ORG> References: <432D8A17.20004@yahoo.es> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-7 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1127346886 11380 80.91.229.2 (21 Sep 2005 23:54:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 23:54:46 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Sep 22 01:54:42 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EIEQ0-0005Su-C2 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 22 Sep 2005 01:54:28 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EIEPz-00058E-Op for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 21 Sep 2005 19:54:27 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EIEPH-0004tr-Co for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Sep 2005 19:53:43 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EIEPC-0004rR-Im for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Sep 2005 19:53:41 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EIEPC-0004k2-6b for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Sep 2005 19:53:38 -0400 Original-Received: from [192.94.73.21] (helo=sdf.lonestar.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1EIEET-0000jX-DH for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Sep 2005 19:42:33 -0400 Original-Received: from sdf.lonestar.org (IDENT:absent@otaku.freeshell.org [192.94.73.2]) by sdf.lonestar.org (8.13.1/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j8LNgHnb006458 for ; Wed, 21 Sep 2005 23:42:17 GMT Original-Received: (from absent@localhost) by sdf.lonestar.org (8.13.1/8.12.8/Submit) id j8LNgHid012558 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Sep 2005 23:42:17 GMT Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Mail-Followup-To: Neon Absentius , help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <432D8A17.20004@yahoo.es> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by sdf.lonestar.org id j8LNgHnb006458 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:29621 Archived-At: On Sun, Sep 18, 2005 at 05:39:03PM +0200, Ces=E1reo Garc=EDa Rodicio wrot= e: > Hi! >=20 > I'm using emacs since several years ago. I use WindowMaker manager and > my Debian install left my Emacs with M-TAB use in Emacs, and NOT to > change between Windows (that's what I'm expecting) >=20 > I've review lists, google and even change my .xmodmap file but I > couldn't do that. >=20 What do you mean you couldn't? you tried and it didn't work? I had a similar problem with fvwm2. Although I could change the window manager key binding I find the Alt-Tab binding really convenient. The solution I found was to distinguish between the Meta Key and the Alt Key in my .xmodmap. I use a pc-104 keyboard and I have the "operating-system-logo" keys -- instead of the Alt -- bound to Meta. That way I can use the Alt-Tab key to switch between X-windows and still keep the M-Tab binding for emacs. =20 There is a very nice program the xkeycaps that you can use to configure graphically your .xmodmap. If you use a pc-104 keyboard it will automatically distinguish Alt and Meta in the manner I described=20 above and emacs will be happy to use the new key afterwards. There is=20 a Debian package for xkeycaps. HTH > How can I use M-TAB in Emacs to change into another window and not > emacs functions? >=20 > Thank you so much. > Ces=E1reo >=20 --=20 Everyone is so overwhelmed by the hospitality. And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this--this (she chuckles slightly) is working very well for them. -- Barbara Bush, about the refuges from New Orleans.