Hikaru Ichijyo <ichi...@macross.sdf.jp> writes:
> It seems that the key binding for name completion is M-TAB. That's
> just...amazing. Really. The fact that Emacs and BBDB come from a
> UNIX-centric world doesn't begin to explain that, since MS-Windows is
> not the only platform where that's used for windows switching.
M-TAB is used for completion in dozens other places in emacs.
> What's the typical way Gnus users get around this these days?
You have 3 options:
a) Use `ESC TAB' instead of `M-TAB'.
b) Use some other key as Meta, e.g., the windows key commonly found on
keyboards.
c) Use another key for window manager window handling.
I go with option c) and use the windows key for that. The reason is
that Alt is better to type and I use emacs keys much more often than
window manager shortcuts.
> Really...even in the 1990's, in the days of HPUX/CDE workstations and
> Motif X11 toolkits...Alt-Tab? Really? When was that ever a good idea
> for an application key binding?
Not sure, but I guess emacs used M-TAB for completion purposes even
before that.
Bye,
Tassilo
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