Re: Chromebook Linux, Emacs 27.1, and full-screen ?

[David Masterson]

David Masterson <dsmasterson@gmail.com> writes:

> I wanted to use Emacs in full screen mode to get a little more screen
> real estate.  The maximize button now has options on how you want to
> arrange the screen with respect to other screens below it including
> putting it into full-screen mode.  The problem is that it tells me to
> hit F5 to exit full-screen mode, but (after figuring out where F5 is on
> this Chromebook) it appears that Emacs is intercepting the F5 key, so
> the X window manager doesn't see it and take me out of full-screen mode,
>
> Any workarounds for this?

Found it!  Launcher-z will bring up the maximize menu where you can exit
full-screen-mode.

However, for OSes (like Chromebook's Debian) that use special keys for
OS purposes, is there a way to tell to Emacs not to absorb those keys?

-- 
David Masterson