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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: w32-pass-lwindow-to-system (& ...rwindow)
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 10:08:35 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ufyehlp1o.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cabaf$4515fb94$49f1173$5107@DIALUPUSA.NET> (ecinmn@alcisp.com)

> From: "B. T. Raven" <ecinmn@alcisp.com>
> Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2006 22:34:09 -0500
> 
> >From the EmacsW32 page:
> 
> "The design of Emacs makes it very hungry for keyboard keys. Normally on
> MS Windows Emacs grabs the Alt key for its own use as the Meta key.
> However the standard use of Alt in MS Windows is thereby impeded. If Emacs
> grabs Alt you can not switch window with Alt-Tab and you can not reach the
> menus with Alt. This is very annoying to many MS Windows users. "
> 
> But this does not describe Emacs behavior on my ver. 21.3 w32
> installation. With w32-alt-is-meta set t, I can switch between msw
> processes with Alt-<tab>.

Emacs does NOT grab Alt when w32-alt-is-meta is set to t, at least not
in such a destructive way.  If the above text makes it sound like
Alt-TAB no longer works due to something Emacs does to Alt, then that
text should be rephrased.

  reply	other threads:[~2006-09-24  7:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-09-22  0:46 w32-pass-lwindow-to-system (& ...rwindow) B. T. Raven
2006-09-23 15:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
     [not found] ` <mailman.7285.1159026303.9609.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-09-23 16:57   ` Mathias Dahl
2006-09-23 18:17     ` B. T. Raven
2006-09-24 12:59       ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-09-24 16:45       ` Eli Zaretskii
     [not found]       ` <mailman.7319.1159116339.9609.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-09-25  0:32         ` B. T. Raven
2006-09-25  3:21           ` Eli Zaretskii
     [not found]           ` <mailman.7336.1159154474.9609.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-09-25 11:55             ` B. T. Raven
2006-09-24  0:50     ` Lennart Borgman
2006-09-24  7:13       ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-09-24  9:59         ` Lennart Borgman
2006-09-24 12:48           ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-09-24 13:19             ` Lennart Borgman
     [not found]     ` <mailman.7293.1159059034.9609.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-09-24  3:34       ` B. T. Raven
2006-09-24  7:08         ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2006-09-24 10:19         ` Lennart Borgman

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