Re: M-TAB already used by KDE

[Mark Mynsted <mmynsted_news@gbronline.com>]

>>>>> "Marcel" == Marcel Schmittfull <marcel-sl@gmx.de> writes:
Marcel> Hi
Marcel> I use KDE and therefore the keybinding M-<TAB> is already used for
Marcel> switching between windows. 

Hmm.  To me M-Tab is "already" used by Emacs rather than the other way
around, but then I prefer ratpoison to KDE anyway...  The keybindings
for ratpoison are more Emacs friendly.  ratpoison is not ideal if you
open any close many tiny windows, but if you are like me and have a
small number of "fullscreen" windows, it is quite nice.

http://ratpoison.sourceforge.net/

Marcel>Unfortunately there are several emacs modes
Marcel> which try to use M-<TAB> for completion (f.e. lisp-mode, AUCTeX, ...).
Marcel> However, the KDE setting seems to be "stronger" than the emacs setting
Marcel> and hence I can only switch between windows with M-<TAB>. 

Marcel> Is it possible to tell emacs that whenever I type a certain
Marcel> keybinding, f.e. C-x M-<TAB> or so, emacs behaves as if I typed
Marcel> M-<TAB> ? 

Yes, by using key maps.

Marcel>I.e. I don't want to change the M-<TAB> keybinding for every
Marcel> single mode, I just want to have a certain global keybinding which
Marcel> replaces M-<TAB> globally. Is this possible ?

OK, I am not exactly clear about what you want.  Do you want a global
keybinding for all modes, or a keybinding for specific modes? (Maybe
my nomenclature is imperfect here.)

As I recall, to use a key map for a specific mode, you simply define a
mode map, then make the mode map active when you start that mode.

Here is some information from the info page regarding Local
Keymaps. (See keys in the Emacs info documentation.)

"
   For example, the command `texinfo-mode' to select Texinfo mode runs
the hook `texinfo-mode-hook'.  Here's how you can use the hook to add
local bindings (not very useful, we admit) for `C-c n' and `C-c p' in
Texinfo mode:

     (add-hook 'texinfo-mode-hook
               '(lambda ()
                  (define-key texinfo-mode-map "\C-cp"
                              'backward-paragraph)
                  (define-key texinfo-mode-map "\C-cn"
                              'forward-paragraph)))

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