From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: C-M-TAB stand-in for M-TAB, on MS Windows? Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 10:15:04 -0700 Message-ID: <000201c8bf54$0a312490$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> References: <007901c8bec5$4179df80$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com><3F8C7B43-05C3-4970-91DA-73152E9286E8@pobox.com> <483AE253.1010208@gmail.com> <000001c8bf4e$ef90aed0$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> <483AEDA0.1000105@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1211822179 17072 80.91.229.12 (26 May 2008 17:16:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 17:16:19 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, 'John Paul Wallington' To: "'Lennart Borgman \(gmail\)'" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon May 26 19:16:58 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1K0gJd-0004mL-Gv for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 26 May 2008 19:16:57 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56229 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K0gIs-0005qk-6Z for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 26 May 2008 13:16:10 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K0gIp-0005qf-2u for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 26 May 2008 13:16:07 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K0gIn-0005qS-CS for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 26 May 2008 13:16:06 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=51333 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K0gIn-0005qP-8j for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 26 May 2008 13:16:05 -0400 Original-Received: from agminet01.oracle.com ([141.146.126.228]:24055) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K0gIm-0002f3-Tf for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 26 May 2008 13:16:05 -0400 Original-Received: from agmgw2.us.oracle.com (agmgw2.us.oracle.com [152.68.180.213]) by agminet01.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.1.7) with ESMTP id m4QHG0GK015069; Mon, 26 May 2008 12:16:01 -0500 Original-Received: from acsmt351.oracle.com (acsmt351.oracle.com [141.146.40.151]) by agmgw2.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.0/Switch-3.2.0) with ESMTP id m4Q7I8Eb020187; Mon, 26 May 2008 11:16:00 -0600 Original-Received: from inet-141-146-46-1.oracle.com by acsmt350.oracle.com with ESMTP id 3679985381211822089; Mon, 26 May 2008 10:14:49 -0700 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/24.5.171.3) by bhmail.oracle.com (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Mon, 26 May 2008 10:14:49 -0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: <483AEDA0.1000105@gmail.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3198 Thread-Index: Aci/UrqquBG4sMkrRoq7qHG6NY1GBwAANnxw X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:97744 Archived-At: > > 2. How about registering M-tab by default? > > I know some people would hate it. ;-) Some? I suspect that most would appreciate it, but I might be wrong. If it's a toss-up, then shouldn't Emacs emphasize Emacs, not Windows? As long as there is a way for users to put Windows back in control, what's the harm in giving Emacs the control by default? > > 3. How about mentioning w32-register-hot-key in the Emacs manual, > > and indexing it there? This represents an important FAQ. > > Maybe because it does not work that good with the Windows keys? What does that mean? Do you mean the Windows key? Please elaborate. And why would that mean that it shouldn't be documented? > And it does not work totally transparent with Alt either. What does that mean? Please elaborate.