> On May 31, 2017, at 19:01, Eric S Fraga <e.fr...@ucl.ac.uk> wrote: > > On Wednesday, 31 May 2017 at 02:38, Tim Cross wrote: >> I'm sure this has been checked, but make sure it isn't the window >> manager/OS 'stealing' the keys. When I install emacs on any system, > > My own experience over the years is that this is indeed usually the > culprit, especially for keys such as M-arrows which are often bound to > functions like changing workspace views.
In this case, M-Left (ESC-left) triggers backward-word instead of the expected org-promote-subtree. It does not seem to me that the OS is stealing anything. Jean-Christophe