From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hugh Wolf Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: C-x C-w on mac (carbon) emacs Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 12:55:00 GMT Organization: Comcast Online Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1066309799 21693 80.91.224.253 (16 Oct 2003 13:09:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 13:09:59 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Oct 16 15:09:57 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AA7t7-0006ut-00 for ; Thu, 16 Oct 2003 15:09:57 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AA7qD-0006WP-RI for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 16 Oct 2003 09:06:57 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!wn14feed!wn13feed!wn11feed!worldnet.att.net!204.127.198.203!attbi_feed3!attbi.com!rwcrnsc52.ops.asp.att.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.0 (Darwin) Original-Lines: 39 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.31.41.137 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net Original-X-Trace: rwcrnsc52.ops.asp.att.net 1066308900 66.31.41.137 (Thu, 16 Oct 2003 12:55:00 GMT) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 12:55:00 GMT Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:117309 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:13239 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:13239 On 2003-10-15, Tim McNamara wrote: >> Something is wrong with the OP's environment. He should fix that >> rather than messing with emacs key bindings. OSX has no interest in >> c-w and will not interfere with its use in emacs. > > I concur. The Finder does not intercept C-w on my system, using the > Porkrind version of Emacs for OS X 10.1.*. Obvioulsy I can't vouch > for any port of Emacs for 10.2.*. No Apple software I'm aware of intercepts C-w, or any other control character for that matter, in any version of osx. A few control characters can be used in aqua text widgets for emacs-like navigation, but only if the widget is selected. Similarly many applications will use control in conjunction with mouse clicking, but only if that application is selected. The only keys I can think of that are grabbed are the command/windows key (for cmd-tab, which is like alt-tab in Windows), some function keys, and some special purpose keys that appear only on Apple keyboards (volume control, cd eject). Otoh there are 3rd-party tools that can definitely be configured to grab certain control sequences. For instance VirtualDesktop can be made to grab C-leftarrow and C-rightarrow for desktop navigation. Presumably something like this is what's happening here.