From: "Pascal J. Bourguignon" <pjb@informatimago.com>
To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org
Subject: Re: alt-tab? really? you're joking...
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 15:50:21 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87h9vhtutu.fsf@kuiper.lan.informatimago.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8xx1tmlh893.fsf@village.keycorner.org>
Hikaru Ichijyo <ichijyo@macross.sdf.jp> writes:
> "Pascal J. Bourguignon" <pjb@informatimago.com> writes:
>
>> You seem to be very confused.
>
> Probably...
>
>> The key binding for name completion is Meta Tab, M-TAB,
>> not Alt Tab A-TAB.
>>
>> Perhaps your keyboard is ill-configured too.
>>
>> You should ask advice on how to map a meta- modifier key disctinct from
>> the alt- modifier key (if you needed the later at all)
>
> I do know about the history of Emacs and Lisp...and space cadet
> keyboards, and the Meta, Super, Hyper keys...
>
> But really... On a modern x86 Intel-based PC (which is what probably
> over 90% of users running Emacs today are using), "Meta" is your Alt
> key. We can all swear an oath to always call it Meta out of deference
> to Richard Stallman and very expensive rackmount machines in the 70's
> that were purpose-built to run Lisp, but...oh come on, it's your Alt
> key, right?
>
> The real gist of my question was that one's window manager (kwin,
> WindowMaker, etc.) will almost certainly just think of Alt as Alt, and
> won't care for what historical reason Emacs wants Alt-Tab (um, Meta-Tab).
On modern keyboards, you have 10 modifier keys.
You can map, for example:
! Control
! Shift Shift
! Multi_key Alt Meta Meta AltGr Hyper Control
Another option would be closer to Space Cadet:
! Control
! Shift Shift
! Hyper super Meta Control Meta super Hyper
--
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2015-01-23 3:50 Hikaru Ichijyo
2015-01-23 4:17 ` Charles Philip Chan
2015-01-23 5:34 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2015-01-23 14:38 ` Hikaru Ichijyo
2015-01-23 14:50 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon [this message]
2015-01-23 22:20 ` Charles Philip Chan
2015-01-23 10:26 ` Tassilo Horn
[not found] ` <mailman.18427.1422008816.1147.info-gnus-english@gnu.org>
2015-01-23 14:47 ` Hikaru Ichijyo
2015-01-26 8:12 ` Tassilo Horn
[not found] ` <mailman.18637.1422259999.1147.info-gnus-english@gnu.org>
2015-01-26 21:18 ` incal
2015-01-26 21:34 ` incal
2015-01-27 9:51 ` Tassilo Horn
[not found] ` <mailman.18727.1422352295.1147.info-gnus-english@gnu.org>
2015-01-27 20:24 ` more keys in a Linux VT (was: alt-tab? really? you're joking...) Emanuel Berg
2015-01-24 0:12 ` alt-tab? really? you're joking incal
2015-01-24 4:40 ` Hikaru Ichijyo
2015-01-24 10:34 ` incal
2015-01-24 12:00 ` Adam Sjøgren
[not found] ` <mailman.18502.1422100844.1147.info-gnus-english@gnu.org>
2015-01-24 23:40 ` Hikaru Ichijyo
2015-01-25 2:07 ` Winston
2015-01-25 2:55 ` Hikaru Ichijyo
2015-01-25 8:38 ` Glyn Millington
2015-01-25 8:40 ` Glyn Millington
2015-01-25 8:59 ` Immediate expiration Damien Wyart
2015-01-25 20:32 ` Hikaru Ichijyo
2015-01-25 12:41 ` alt-tab? really? you're joking incal
2015-01-25 13:00 ` new subject (was: alt-tab? really? you're joking...) Peter Münster
[not found] ` <mailman.18547.1422190826.1147.info-gnus-english@gnu.org>
2015-01-25 13:37 ` incal
2015-01-25 13:42 ` incal
2015-01-25 19:58 ` new subject Peter Münster
2015-01-25 20:36 ` Clemens Schüller
[not found] ` <mailman.18582.1422218214.1147.info-gnus-english@gnu.org>
2015-01-25 20:53 ` Emanuel Berg
2015-01-26 8:04 ` Peter Münster
[not found] ` <mailman.18636.1422259506.1147.info-gnus-english@gnu.org>
2015-01-26 19:35 ` Emanuel Berg
[not found] ` <mailman.18578.1422215928.1147.info-gnus-english@gnu.org>
2015-01-25 20:51 ` Emanuel Berg
2015-01-25 22:19 ` alt-tab? really? you're joking Adam Sjøgren
2015-01-26 8:15 ` Tassilo Horn
2015-01-26 10:12 ` Adam Sjøgren
[not found] ` <mailman.18642.1422267150.1147.info-gnus-english@gnu.org>
2015-01-26 19:48 ` Emanuel Berg
2015-01-27 0:15 ` Hikaru Ichijyo
2015-01-27 1:21 ` spam (was: alt-tab? really? you're joking...) incal
2015-01-27 2:51 ` spam Hikaru Ichijyo
2015-01-27 3:11 ` spam incal
2015-01-25 12:32 ` alt-tab? really? you're joking incal
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