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S-TAB is mismapped in the *Help* buffer

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Message #49 received at 6616 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Paul Griepentrog <pgriepen <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Adrian Robert <adrian.b.robert <at> gmail.com>,
	6616 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#6616: S-TAB is mismapped in the *Help* buffer
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2010 02:03:11 +0200

> I say, pick a solution and make it consistent across the modes
> shipped with Emacs.  IMHO, [S-tab] is the 'correct' binding,
> since we press those actual keys.

In most cases I've seen `backtab' is the "correct" binding because it's
the one that makes logical sense: the command is about doing something
in the opposite direction from what the `tab' key does.
The reason why S-tab is (also) used is that `backtab' is rarely
available, and as a convention we use S-tab as a poor man's backtab.


        Stefan

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