GNU bug report logs - #1000
C-i is TAB on my Mac

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Alex <kensanata <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:45:04 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #17 received at 1000 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: "Stefan Monnier" <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: "Adrian Robert" <adrian.b.robert <at> gmail.com>
Cc: <1000 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>,
        Alex Schröder <kensanata <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#1000: C-i is TAB on my Mac
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:22:07 -0500

> I could use some more background here.  Hitting C-h k C-i says the key was
> "TAB", whereas actually hitting C-h k tab says the key was  "TAB (translated
> from <tab>)".  Is the definition of tab Ctrl-i and  then some fancy
> keyboards later added a Tab key?  What does emacs do  under X or w32?
> What behavior is expected?

Yes, TAB is an ASCII char whose code is the same as C-i, just like DEL
is an ASCII char (whose code is the same as C-?).  The `tab' key emits
a `tab' symbol event which is then turned into a TAB char event.


        Stefan
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