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Re: Problem with CTRL+ESC
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Re: Problem with CTRL+ESC


  • Subject: Re: Problem with CTRL+ESC
  • From: "stephen joseph butler" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:46:28 -0600

On Jan 23, 2008 3:23 PM, Harald Hanche-Olsen <email@hidden> wrote:
> It would be interesting to know if it's XQuartz which swallows them,
> or if it never gets to see them in the first place.  Do you have a
> carbon or aqua emacs that you could test it with?  Just fire it up and
> hit C-h c C-ESC (I am assuming you understand emacs keystroke notation
> here).  If it just sits there waiting with the prompt "Describe key
> briefly:" in the minibuffer, then it's most likely the OS that does
> the swallowing, at whatever level.  (I would have tested it myself,
> but my Mac is away for a fan replacement, so I can't.)

Doh! You're right... I never thought it was an OS X problem. Googling
a bit, turns out ARD and Screen Sharing will eat CTRL+ESC. Disabled
them and things work now. Some TextMate users figured it out:

http://comox.textdrive.com/pipermail/textmate/2007-November/023210.html

Thanks.
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