On Nov 16, 2006, at 2:03 PM, Tyler wrote:

> Juanma Barranquero wrote:
>> You can
>>  (define-key function-key-map [tab] nil)
>> But then, many functions bound to C-I (like completion, or automatic
>> indentation) won't work with the tab key. You'll have to type C-I.  
>> Not
>> very pretty.
> That's not good. I use tab for completion and auto-fill, or at  
> least I did until I discovered it conflicted with my intended use  
> of C-i. So am I correct in assuming that I can't bind anything to C- 
> i without also binding it to tab, unless I elect to turn off tab  
> entirely with your solution?

Your first note said "mystically linked" -- they produce the same  
ascii code.  Control-I is "tab".

Now, on X11 and probably other window based emacs implementation,  
there is a tab key that you can put into a keymap (as the previous  
note shows).

So, it might be that you can do a special dance and get the two to be  
bound separately.  But I think it will become a maintenance problem.

I would try saving the current binding of tab.  Set your new binding  
for control-I.  And then restore the original binding of tab.  I'm  
assuming the default binding of tab is somehow an indirection to the  
binding of control-i but I don't know the details.

I'm not sure this helps...

Perry Smith
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