Mercurial > emacs
changeset 75053:8dc8ba72712c
(Symbol Completion): Recommend customizing window manager.
| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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| date | Tue, 02 Jan 2007 20:59:47 +0000 |
| parents | e4c65da05f7c |
| children | 5dbe8e3c9ddd |
| files | man/programs.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/man/programs.texi Tue Jan 02 20:59:10 2007 +0000 +++ b/man/programs.texi Tue Jan 02 20:59:47 2007 +0000 @@ -1330,9 +1330,12 @@ The character @kbd{M-@key{TAB}} runs a command to complete the partial symbol before point against the set of meaningful symbol names. This command inserts at point any additional characters that -it can determine from the partial name. (If your window manager -defines @kbd{M-@key{TAB}} to switch windows, you can type -@kbd{@key{ESC} @key{TAB}} or @kbd{C-M-i}.) +it can determine from the partial name. + + If your window manager defines @kbd{M-@key{TAB}} to switch windows, +you can type @kbd{@key{ESC} @key{TAB}} or @kbd{C-M-i} instead. +However, most window managers let you customize these shortcuts, and +we recommend that you change any that get in the way of use of Emacs. If the partial name in the buffer has multiple possible completions that differ in the very next character, so that it is impossible to