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Re: minimize emacs


Maybe it's just me, but Windows-M minimizes everything.  Is this
happening to everyone?

(I am talking about Cygwin/XFree86 with -multiwindow, BTW).  For Ctrl-Z
to work, would that mean a fix for Emacs or for X?

Harold L Hunt II <huntharo@msu.edu> writes:

> Just tried the following:
>
> 1) Ctrl-Z: Doesn't work
>
> 2) Ctrl-X + Ctrl-Z: Doesn't work
>
> 3) Windows-M: Works
>
>
> Looks like we found a winner.
>
> Note: This is for running emacs under Cygwin/XFree86 with the
> -multiwindow command-line parameter.  I gather that is what we are all
> talking about here.
>
> Harold
>
> Laura McWilliams wrote:
>
>> how about Cntrl-Z or C-X C-Z
>> it works in X-emacs, anyways...
>> * ----------Laura L McWilliams ****|
>> * AIX kernel development- BN2S ****|
>> * ph 512.838.9224 t/l 678.9224 ****|
>> * lmcwil@austin.ibm.com------- ****|
>> "there are 10 kinds of people in the world...
>> 	those who understand binary, and those who don't"
>> On Thu, 11 Sep 2003, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
>>
>>>On Thu, 11 Sep 2003, Jason Dufair wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Does anyone have any suggestion on how to minimize GNU Emacs running
>>>>under Cygwin/XFree86 with the keyboard?  I don't really need Emacs'
>>>>M-Spc command, so should I just undefine it?  Will that cause the
>>>>keystroke to be passed to Windows?
>>>
>>>If your machine has a Windows key, you could use Windows-M to minimize any
>>>window (I don't know if XFree86 intercepts that keystroke).  Just a
>>>thought.
>>>	Igor
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>>>
>>>"I have since come to realize that being between your mentor and his route
>>>to the bathroom is a major career booster."  -- Patrick Naughton
>>>
>>

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