Susan Cragin <susancra...@earthlink.net> writes: > Aggghhh. > I changed to the Enlightenment desktop manager, changed my underlying > distro to Lubuntu (LXDE) > > Both desktop managers co-opt the C-M-right and -left keys to change > desktops. (They also co-opt C-S-right.) Ditto -up and -down. > > I have tried the following: > > (global-set-key (kbd "C-S-right") 'org-demote-subtree) > (global-set-key (kbd "C-S-left") 'org-promote-subtree) > > error: C-S- must prefix a single character, not right > > Have also tried C-M-right, with similar results. > > Does anyone have an idea? I have two problems. On-line documentation > has told me that I can spell out the word "right" to mean > "right-arrow," but clearly that is wrong, and there is one letter that > does this. ???
maybe "C-S-<right>"? > My second problem is this: will a command set in .emacs over-ride a > command set by my desktop? I don't think so, the command will probably never reach Emacs because its used by the WM > If it does not, should I try the following, and use the Windows / > super key? You could also try to change the WM (or OS) keybindings and free those key combinations you want for Emacs. Its an ongoing struggle, I had and have these problems/conflict too, its even worse on the console where some keyboard keys are just dead by default. -- cheers, Thorsten
