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I started to use Linux Mint. On the Terminal, I can use emacs -nw and emacs. I can't get the same key behavior about the following two configs. In particular, these settings work in emacs, but not in emacs -nw. How do I fix this issue?

(global-set-key (kbd "<C-tab>") 'other-window)

(define-key ess-mode-map (kbd "C-%") "%>%")

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  • What kind of Terminal do you use? Is it configurable?
    – choroba
    Dec 21, 2021 at 13:34

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Terminals can't send <C-tab>.

The tab character in a terminal is TAB which is the same thing as C-i, and you obviously can't send C-C-i, so there's no such thing as C-TAB from a terminal's perspective.

That's not the only issue, though -- GUI environments have lots of key events that terminals don't send, so unless you're using a terminal emulator with special support for such modern things, there will be plenty of keys that you can't use.

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