Re: Emacs Manual: G.5 Keyboard Usage on MS-Windows

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 16:14:09 +0100
> From: Lennart Borgman <address@hidden>
> CC:  address@hidden,  address@hidden,  address@hidden
> 
> Ah, yes, sorry I did not see that the problem with M-TAB when Alt is 
> used as meta is mentioned neither in the doc string for 
> w32-pass-alt-to-system or in the footnote. I definitively think it 
> should be mentioned in both places since that is a big problem. 

M-TAB is not a Windows-specific problem, so it should be documented in
the common part of the manual, if at all.  Then the Windows appendix
could have a cross-reference to that description in the common part.

> And you can not either access the menus the way that is normal on w32, i 
> e by first pressing the Alt key.

Sorry, I don't understand what is the problem to which you refer here.
The manual says:

       Emacs compiled as a native Windows application normally turns off
    the Windows feature that tapping the <ALT> key invokes the Windows
    menu.  The reason is that the <ALT> serves as <META> in Emacs.  When
    using Emacs, users often press the <META> key temporarily and then
    change their minds; if this has the effect of bringing up the Windows
    menu, it alters the meaning of subsequent commands.  Many users find
    this frustrating.

       You can re-enable Windows' default handling of tapping the <ALT> key
    by setting `w32-pass-alt-to-system' to a non-`nil' value.

What is missing or incorrect in this text?