From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: w32-pass-lwindow-to-system (& ...rwindow) Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 10:08:35 +0300 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1159081740 654 80.91.229.2 (24 Sep 2006 07:09:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 07:09:00 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Sep 24 09:08:58 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GRO6e-00038w-Ta for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 24 Sep 2006 09:08:53 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GRO6e-00045X-Ev for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 24 Sep 2006 03:08:52 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GRO6T-00045S-83 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Sep 2006 03:08:41 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GRO6Q-00045G-Qk for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Sep 2006 03:08:39 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GRO6Q-00045D-MM for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Sep 2006 03:08:38 -0400 Original-Received: from [192.114.186.73] (helo=heller.inter.net.il) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GROAY-0005Dl-SA for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Sep 2006 03:12:55 -0400 Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-80-230-39-253.inter.net.il [80.230.39.253]) by heller.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3a-GA) with ESMTP id ANX44001 (AUTH halo1); Sun, 24 Sep 2006 10:08:36 +0300 (IDT) Original-To: "B. T. Raven" In-reply-to: (ecinmn@alcisp.com) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:37579 Archived-At: > From: "B. T. Raven" > 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-. 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.