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23.3; Time to use a different binding for completion?

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Message #17 received at 8492 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "Andrew W. Nosenko" <andrew.w.nosenko <at> gmail.com>
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: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 13:52:03 +0300

On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 20:26, Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org> wrote:
> 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.

Unable to say anything about Compiz, but Metacity binds nothing to
M-Tab (moreover, it binds nothing to Meta-combinations at all).  For
switching between windows it uses Alt-Tab.

Another problem is that in many Linux distros Meta and Alt bound the
same physical key by default.  But they may be easy splited using
keyboard preferences.  I use Windows key for Meta and Alt key for Alt,
for example.

-- 
Andrew W. Nosenko <andrew.w.nosenko <at> gmail.com>

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