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Stan,

stan wrote:
> Based on my reasoning above I'm assuming that X or
> more likely KDE is possibly eating that keystroke before emacs sees
> it. Does that sound right or am I missing something?

You are right, KDE 3 eats C+M+a.
If you start the Control Center,
goto Regional & Accessibility / Keyboard Shortcuts,
you'll see that Alt+Ctrl+A is bound to
Shortcut Schemes/Global/System/Windows/Active Window Demanding Attention.

HTH,
Colin S. Miller



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