From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: marcel-sl@gmx.de (Marcel Schmittfull) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: M-TAB already used by KDE Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 18:52:52 GMT Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <3dff7248.1320484@news.cis.dfn.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1040151474 20415 80.91.224.249 (17 Dec 2002 18:57:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 18:57:54 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18OMuf-0005J6-00 for ; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 19:57:53 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18OMsc-0001rJ-0E for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 13:55:46 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!nycmny1-snh1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!newsfeed.mathworks.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!dialin-145-254-231-198.arcor-ip.NET!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: comp.emacs,gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 23 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: dialin-145-254-231-198.arcor-ip.net (145.254.231.198) Original-X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1040151023 1074785 145.254.231.198 (16 [139742]) X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.21/32.243 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu comp.emacs:76490 gnu.emacs.help:108227 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:4755 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:4755 Benjamin Lewis wrote: >On Mon, 16 Dec 2002, Marcel Schmittfull wrote: > >> Yes ok, this works. But for me it's very awkward to type >> since I've to leave the ground position of my left hand on the >> keyboard (on an usual German keyboard; probably that's quite different >> from English ones). Since I'm going to use completion _very_ often, I >> would be very happy about an easier keybinding... > >Perhaps you could use a different key for Meta in emacs. I use the >"Windows" key for windowmanager functions, and the "Alt" key as Meta in >emacs. If KDE doesn't allow you to change key bindings, perhaps some >jiggery-pokery in .emacs and/or with xmodmap would allow the change in >emacs. (Assuming you have a such a key available). Yes, I have the "windows" key on my keyboard. What would I have to write in my .emacs in order to use the "windows" key in the same meaning as the "Alt" key ? That is I want the "alt" key and the "windows" key to have both the same meaning in emacs, namely "Meta". TIA Marcel