From: tyler <tyler.smith@mail.mcgill.ca>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Meta key recognition
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:17:16 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87d4h2uz2r.fsf@blackbart.sedgenet> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 0faaddaa-a195-4f2d-8853-75d572741b3e@o4g2000pra.googlegroups.com
Fab <wax.resources@gmail.com> writes:
>
> I use ubuntu and have several keyboard shortcuts defined. Now when I
> use emacs I would like to have these ubuntu shortcuts (using the Meta-
> Key) disabled. How can I approach this?
>
I don't think you can do this, at least not from within emacs. Anything
that the desktop environment recognizes as a keyboard shortcut will
never be passed on to any applications. I don't know if Gnome allows for
shortcuts that are conditional on which application has focus, but I
doubt it.
What I do (using Fluxbox) is reserve the 'windows' key for
window-manager shortcuts, so that the Alt and Ctrl keys are free for use
within Emacs. Except that I use Alt-tab to switch windows, so I can't
use Alt-tab for anything in Emacs. So far that hasn't been a problem.
Cheers,
Tyler
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2008-11-11 13:28 Meta key recognition Fab
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