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Re: complete-query key binding question



On 04/13/08 15:03, Rado S wrote:
> =- Marianne Promberger wrote on Sun 13.Apr'08 at 13:21:56 +0100 -=
> 
> > This works fine:
> > bind    editor    "\e\t"  complete-query
> > But really, I'd rather bind it to Ctrl-Tab, but this
> > bind    editor    "\C\t"  complete-query
> > doesn't do the trick -- hitting Ctrl and Tab on a name in an
> > address field brings up the matching aliases as for Ctrl alone.
> 
> You mean "TAB alone".

Yes, sorry.

> Anyway, ESC is a real character, Ctrl is just a key-modifier, it
> doesn't produce a key on its own.
> With most other characters the Ctrl-modifier produces a different
> character ... just not with TAB. At least normally.

Thanks, that explains it.

I'll just stick with \e\t

m.