This is why I'm a big fan of w9wm which is a derivated version of 9wm I maintain. w9wm does not use keyboard extensively and only binds the Ctrl-Tab key to switch between windows. On the contrary, the Gnome window manager and gnome-terminal both have a lot of shortcuts that pollute Emacs shortcuts. In example, no more M-f to move the point forward or no more M-q to indent a paragraph. Instead, you will get a plain annoying Help windows that continuously pops up or you will accidentally select menus with random behaviour.

I'm not to use that crap any longer !