[h-e-w] Re: MS Windows Keybinding

[Harald Maier]

Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:

>> how can I delete the default MS Windows Keybinding ALT + LEFT SHIFT 
>> which switches between us-american and european keyboard settings?
>
> I don't think you can do this in Emacs.
>
> You can rebind the language switch event to a different key
> combination via Control Panel->Regional and Language Options->
> Languages->Key Settings.  This will affect the whole system, though.

I was also puzzeled by this behavior. With this information it is easy
to get rid of them.

In etc/PROBLEMS this problem is already listed

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| ** Typing Alt-Shift has strange effects on MS-Windows.
| 
| This combination of keys is a command to change keyboard layout.  If
| you proceed to type another non-modifier key before you let go of Alt
| and Shift, the Alt and Shift act as modifiers in the usual way.  A
| more permanent work around is to change it to another key combination,
| or disable it in the keyboard control panel.
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Would it not be possible to change the last sentence to:

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| ...
| or disable it in the control panel (Control Panel->Regional and
| Language Options-> Languages->Key Settings).
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Harald