From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de>
To: "paul r" <paul.r.ml@gmail.com>
Cc: bzg@altern.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org,
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>,
rms@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Usability suggestion : completion for M-:
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:25:48 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jemyouo6rn.fsf@sykes.suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <e30f0f320803191116n1b154db7pb0006495a1078fe@mail.gmail.com> (paul r.'s message of "Wed\, 19 Mar 2008 19\:16\:56 +0100")
"paul r" <paul.r.ml@gmail.com> writes:
>> Since under ttys, TAB and C-i are usually indistinguishable, I'd rather
>> not being them to different commands, since that would only work
>> on GUIs.
>
> That what I was wondering. That makes C-i unavailable.
It is not unavailable, it is just indistinguishable from TAB. You can
type C-i and get the expected result.
> This is in a way similar to the "unavailability" of M-Tab in many
> environments.
This is quite different. In these enviroments Emacs does not see the
key at all.
> FWIW, I notice C-Tab is delivered as :
> - C-Tab under X
> - Tab under xterm and similar
> - Tab under TTY
This is even another case. Here the modifier is ignored, but the base
key is still received.
Andreas.
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Thread overview: 48+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-03-13 17:30 Usability suggestion : completion for M-: paul r
2008-03-13 18:04 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-03-13 21:16 ` Drew Adams
2008-03-13 21:32 ` paul r
2008-03-13 21:45 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-03-13 23:32 ` Chong Yidong
2008-03-13 23:49 ` Drew Adams
2008-03-21 5:21 ` Drew Adams
2008-03-14 8:52 ` paul r
2008-03-15 21:36 ` Juri Linkov
2008-03-15 23:35 ` Drew Adams
2008-03-15 23:43 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-03-16 8:12 ` Drew Adams
2008-03-16 11:00 ` paul r
2008-03-16 11:21 ` Ralf Angeli
2008-03-16 16:52 ` Drew Adams
2008-03-16 12:27 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-03-16 16:50 ` Drew Adams
2008-03-16 0:17 ` Juri Linkov
2008-03-16 8:11 ` Drew Adams
2008-03-16 10:48 ` Andreas Schwab
2008-03-16 12:22 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-03-16 13:36 ` Andreas Schwab
2008-03-16 10:56 ` paul r
2008-03-16 16:49 ` Drew Adams
2008-03-16 18:42 ` paul r
2008-03-16 19:56 ` Bastien
2008-03-16 20:22 ` David De La Harpe Golden
2008-03-17 2:52 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-03-17 4:07 ` Mike Mattie
2008-03-17 13:32 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-03-17 9:32 ` paul r
2008-03-17 19:16 ` Richard Stallman
2008-03-18 9:19 ` paul r
2008-03-19 2:53 ` Richard Stallman
2008-03-19 16:28 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-03-19 18:16 ` paul r
2008-03-19 19:25 ` Andreas Schwab [this message]
2008-03-16 18:49 ` paul r
2008-03-16 12:31 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-03-16 16:50 ` Drew Adams
2008-03-16 20:06 ` Bastien Guerry
2008-03-22 21:14 ` Chong Yidong
2008-03-23 2:30 ` Juri Linkov
2008-03-23 5:54 ` Drew Adams
2008-04-09 20:42 ` Paul R
2008-04-09 21:20 ` Drew Adams
2008-04-10 23:12 ` Juri Linkov
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