Ctrl - Tab key binding doesn't work in Linux

I have set a key binding in Emacs using:

(global-set-key (kbd "<C-tab>") 'switch-view )

: It 开发者_运维百科works in Windows but Emacs in Linux seems to ignore it. Any ideas why?

My version of Emacs is 23.2 running in text mode (.nw)

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In text mode, Emacs depend upon the terminal or the console for keys combination. Terminals and consoles don't support as many keys combination as Xorg and windows do, and C-TAB is a combination that don't exist in text mode: TAB is already the same than C-i, and C-C-something don't exists.

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The window manager you are using is most likely 'kidnapping' it.

On mine (which is KDE), C-tab cycles through applications on the current desktop. You can configure which keystrokes should be ignored though... but your best bet may be to map switch-view to another key sequence in your ~/.emacs file.