* bindings.el (function-key-map): Add a S-tab => backtab fallback.

2 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 73b5700aeb9..6d05931b146 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2010-08-02  Stefan Monnier  <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
+
+        * bindings.el (function-key-map): Add a S-tab => backtab fallback.
+
 2010-08-01  Juanma Barranquero  <lekktu@gmail.com>
 
         * dabbrev.el (dabbrev-completion): Fix typo in docstring.
diff --git a/lisp/bindings.el b/lisp/bindings.el
index 37ca3b86055..3ec43b3041f 100644
--- a/lisp/bindings.el
+++ b/lisp/bindings.el
@@ -1035,6 +1035,9 @@ or \\[semantic-mode]")))))
 ;; so we can't distinguish those two keys, but usually we consider C-SPC
 ;; (rather than C-@) as the "canonical" binding.
 (define-key function-key-map [?\C-@] [?\C-\s])
+;; Many keyboards don't have a `backtab' key, so by convention the user
+;; can use S-tab instead to access that binding.
+(define-key function-key-map [S-tab] [backtab])
 
 (define-key global-map [mouse-movement] 'ignore)