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

[Lennart Borgman (gmail)]

Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > From: Richard Stallman <address@hidden>
> > CC: address@hidden, address@hidden, address@hidden,
> >         address@hidden
> > Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2006 12:22:34 -0500
> >
> >     ** Most important:
> >        - Alt-Tab, Alt-Shift-Tab
> >        - Ctrl-Esc, Ctrl-Shift-Esc
> >        - Ctrl-Alt-Delete
> >        - Ctrl-Tab, Ctrl-Shift-Tab
> >        - Ctrl-C, Ctrl-X, Ctrl-V, Ctrl-Z
> >        - Ctrl-A
> >        - Alt-Space
> >        - Esc
> >        - Tab, Shift-Tab
> >
> > That is really disastrous.  I am surprised anyone can find Emacs useful
> > on Windows if it interferes with such important keys.
>
> People find Emacs useful on Windows because, with the exception of the
> first 5, ALL of these keys are available in Emacs.  Lennart is simply
> mistaken.


Or, perhaps, you are misunderstanding what I wrote. But I admit I was 
not very clear. I wanted to point out that we should mention these 
clashes with the UI guidelines on w32. That would make it easier for new 
users IMO.