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| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 2007-01-01 01:56:55 +0000 |
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| committer | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 2007-01-01 01:56:55 +0000 |
| commit | 596258f4509f64b1880ff3042aebecd425c57acb (patch) | |
| tree | 18869b34a51be0731cadc65b7047f2df621ac470 /man | |
| parent | 1e0fe298c297aaab72f1ea39f4a017ac97e77724 (diff) | |
| download | emacs-596258f4509f64b1880ff3042aebecd425c57acb.tar.gz | |
(User Input): Document keys stolen by window mangers.
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diff --git a/man/commands.texi b/man/commands.texi index dd518252f24..1f67a671fbe 100644 --- a/man/commands.texi +++ b/man/commands.texi @@ -134,6 +134,15 @@ because the keyboard input routines catch these special sequences and convert them to function key events before any other part of Emacs gets to see them. +@cindex keys stolen by window manager +@cindex window manager, keys stolen by + On graphical displays, the window manager is likely to block the +character @kbd{Meta-@key{TAB}} before Emacs can see it. It may also +block @kbd{Meta-@key{SPC}}, @kbd{C-M-d} and @kbd{C-M-l}. If you have +these problems, we recommend that you customize your window manager to +turn off those commands, or put them on key combinations that Emacs +does not use. + @node Keys, Commands, User Input, Top @section Keys |