GNU bug report logs - #6616
S-TAB is mismapped in the *Help* buffer

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Message #23 received at 6616 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Paul Griepentrog <pgriepen <at> gmail.com>
Cc: adrian.b.robert <at> gmail.com, 6616 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#6616: S-TAB is mismapped in the *Help* buffer
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:49:16 +0300

> Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 22:42:14 -0700
> From: Paul Griepentrog <pgriepen <at> gmail.com>
> CC: Adrian Robert <adrian.b.robert <at> gmail.com>, 6616 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
>      (define-key map [S-tab] [backtab])

FWIW, w32-fns.el does this for MS-Windows.  Maybe ns-win.el should do
the same.

> Maybe stretching it here, but along this line of thinking, is it useful to
> distinguish between [S-tab] and [backtab]?

They are potentially two different keys, so I think they should be
distinguished.

> Bug #1281 points out that it becomes a hassle for users -- at least
> under Windows OS -- who must rebind both [S-tab] and [backtab].

That bug is about info.el, not about remapping S-tab.

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