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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!stress.noc.demon.net!hdm From: hdm@demon.net (Dominic Mitchell) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Emacs META? Date: Sun, 22 Jun 1997 07:51:18 GMT Organization: Demon Internet Ltd. Message-ID: <slrn5qpmbl.328.hdm@stress.noc.demon.net> References: <5oh1va$mcq@lace.colorado.edu> <5oiaao$7q5@fridge-nf0.shore.net> Reply-To: hdm@demon.net NNTP-Posting-Host: stress.noc.demon.net X-NNTP-Posting-Host: stress.noc.demon.net [195.11.55.5] X-Newsreader: slrn (0.9.3.2 UNIX) Lines: 18 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:43317 Earlier, Nathan V. Patwardhan <nvp@shore.net> wrote: > Ken Mitton (mittonk@fiske.Colorado.EDU) wrote: > : I'm switching over from Linux, and am trying to get Emacs running. > : Currently, everything works except Alt won't work as Meta > > I've been able to use both ESC and C-3 for meta in all versions of > Emacs since 19.x. Why would you want to use Alt as meta, anyways? > Just wondering. I think he means holding down "ALT" and "f" at the same time to get M-f, instead of doing "ESC", then "f", which is onconvenient for some people. -Dom -- This posting is not an official communication of Demon Internet Ltd., unless otherwise stated. ---- Work: hdm@demon.net ---- Play: dom@myrddin.demon.co.uk ---- *roff: don't fear the formatter.