From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: C-M-TAB stand-in for M-TAB, on MS Windows? Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 10:12:51 +0900 Message-ID: <87fxs5eulo.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: <007901c8bec5$4179df80$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1211764395 14004 80.91.229.12 (26 May 2008 01:13:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 01:13:15 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon May 26 03:13:55 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 1K0RHc-0007w0-Dd for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 26 May 2008 03:13:52 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47504 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K0RGr-0000uG-8j for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 25 May 2008 21:13:05 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K0RGn-0000tl-8h for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 25 May 2008 21:13:01 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K0RGk-0000tZ-PO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 25 May 2008 21:12:59 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=46984 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K0RGk-0000tW-Jy for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 25 May 2008 21:12:58 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp12.dentaku.gol.com ([203.216.5.74]:53398) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K0RGh-0005Lu-9T; Sun, 25 May 2008 21:12:55 -0400 Original-Received: from 203-216-96-093.dsl.gol.ne.jp ([203.216.96.93] helo=catnip.gol.com) by smtp12.dentaku.gol.com with esmtpa (Dentaku) id 1K0RGe-0000Dv-Hs; Mon, 26 May 2008 10:12:52 +0900 Original-Received: by catnip.gol.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 4A7C62F3A; Mon, 26 May 2008 10:12:51 +0900 (JST) System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu In-Reply-To: <007901c8bec5$4179df80$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Sun, 25 May 2008 17:12:58 -0700") Original-Lines: 15 X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV GOL (outbound) X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:97697 Archived-At: "Drew Adams" writes: > C-M-tab is undefined by default, and many (most? nearly all?) users on Windows > will use Emacs with the window manager, so this key is available to them. What > about, on Windows, binding C-M-tab to whatever M-TAB is bound to? Seems like a decent idea to me... Why not do it on all systems? [Besides the benefit of consistency, it would help with other WMs (e.g., gnome's) which copy the windows behavior and steal M-TAB from apps.] -Miles -- Acquaintance, n. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.