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bug#1000: C-i is TAB on my Mac
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Stefan Monnier |
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bug#1000: C-i is TAB on my Mac |
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Date: |
Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:22:07 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) |
> I could use some more background here. Hitting C-h k C-i says the key was
> "TAB", whereas actually hitting C-h k tab says the key was "TAB (translated
> from <tab>)". Is the definition of tab Ctrl-i and then some fancy
> keyboards later added a Tab key? What does emacs do under X or w32?
> What behavior is expected?
Yes, TAB is an ASCII char whose code is the same as C-i, just like DEL
is an ASCII char (whose code is the same as C-?). The `tab' key emits
a `tab' symbol event which is then turned into a TAB char event.
Stefan