From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Paolo Petta Subject: Minor request: full support of "ESC" as Meta key Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 02:15:32 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1M81NR-000416-F8 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 23 May 2009 20:15:45 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1M81NK-00040p-P8 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 23 May 2009 20:15:44 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=49187 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1M81NK-00040m-JJ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 23 May 2009 20:15:38 -0400 Received: from fichte.ofai.at ([193.171.142.156]:44207) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1M81NK-00058n-4u for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 23 May 2009 20:15:38 -0400 Received: from fichte.ofai.at (paolo@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fichte.ofai.at (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n4O0FXW7019878 for ; Sun, 24 May 2009 02:15:33 +0200 Received: from localhost (paolo@localhost) by fichte.ofai.at (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) with ESMTP id n4O0FWxg019875 for ; Sun, 24 May 2009 02:15:33 +0200 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org [Dear moderator: this is of course a minor remark, and it is clearly not up to me to decide whether it is worth while being recorded at all, let alone being spread to the mailing list! But I still do hope it is not considered a downright abuse of your time!] I only just started to look into Org: As "OS-hopper" using emacs regularly on different versions of Linux, Windows, and Mac OS, the comprehensive cross-platform support that Org promises is highly appealing. But trying to use Org relying on the Escape key as 'Meta', I discovered that Org's support in this regard is currently spotty. While for some key combinations both the [?\e (...)] and the [(meta ...)] variants are defined, it is only the [(meta ...)] definitions that are fully covered. For example, org-insert-todo-heading - one of the very first org-specific key-combinations introduced in the very useful Org tutorial - is mapped only to [(meta shift return)], the "ESC-based" equivalent [?\e (shift return)] is missing (org.el, line 13905). While I've tried to patch up org.el the best I could with the missing keymap definitions (and so far I have not run into problems), I am not proficient enough an elisp programmer to dare provide my fixes: e.g. I'm not at all sure to have made the correct additions to the section introduced with the comment ";; Special treatment needed for TAB and RET" on line 6836 of org.el; the specification of disputed keys on line 331ff in org.el would be another example. I would therefore like to ask to please consider putting 'full' coverage for both keymap variants on the todo list for an upcoming release. With many thanks in advance! Paolo -- Paolo Petta +43-1-5336112-12(Tel) Austrian Research Inst. for Artificial Intelligence +43-1-5336112-77(Fax) Freyung 6/6, A 1010 Vienna, Austria, Europe Paolo.Petta <@> ofai.at