Emacs Manual says that C-M-l
is to Scroll heuristically to bring useful information onto the screen (reposition-window
).
When I type C-M-l
in Ubuntu, Emacs 27.1, the OS is automatically locking the screen.
Which alternative keybinding could I use to call the reposition-window
command?
Keyboard Shortcuts
to change the lock screen key binding to something else and free it for Emacs.C-M-l
isreposition-window
, and therefore you can useM-x reposition-window
to call it. You can also ask Emacs which keys are bound to that command with eitherC-h w reposition-window
orC-h f reposition-window
. By default no other keys are bound; but of course you can add your own custom keybindings for any command.M-
modifier with theESC
prefix key, so you can typeESC C-l
to run whichever command is bound toM-C-l
.