GNU bug report logs - #29430
26.0.90; C-M-backspace is undefined

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Devon Sean McCullough <Emacs-Hacker2017 <at> jovi.net>

Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2017 19:13:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Merged with 37447

Found in versions 26.0.90, 26.3

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: "larsi <at> gnus.org" <larsi <at> gnus.org>, "29430 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <29430 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>, "Emacs-Hacker2017 <at> jovi.net" <Emacs-Hacker2017 <at> jovi.net>, "37447 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <37447 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>, "npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net" <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>
Subject: bug#29430: bug#37447: 26.3; Commands on <delete> and <backspace>
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2022 15:16:32 +0000

> > > > [C-M-delete] is problematic for MS Windows, no?
> > >
> > > Problematic in what sense?
> >
> > By default, at least, it's grabbed by Windows.
> 
> But that hasn't changed just because Emacs now has a binding to that
> key, has it?  IOW, whatever problems Windows users had or didn't have
> before the change, they still either have or don't have.

Yes, of course.  But without binding it by default
users are less likely to suffer the gotcha.

Just mentioning that that binding can be a problem
for some Windows users.  If you feel it's important
to bind it by default, so be it.
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