GNU bug report logs - #8492
23.3; Time to use a different binding for completion?

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>

Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:27:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 23.3

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Message #155 received at 8492 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>
Cc: 8492 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#8492: 23.3; Time to use a different binding for completion?
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2021 12:44:01 -0700

Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org> writes:

> Emacs binds various completion functions to M-Tab, which is already used
> by many window managers, including Compiz and Metacity, i.e. the WMs one
> is likely to use on a modern GNU system, for switching between open
> windows.
>
> Is it therefore time to admit defeat and find an alternative binding for
> completion functions, even if it’s an extra binding rather than simply a
> different one?

(This is a long and sprawling discussion.)

In my opinion, the least intrusive change is to allow C-i and TAB to be
bound separately on graphical displays.
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