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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc From: Nathan Dorfman <nathan@senate.org> Subject: Re: Emacs META? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: Email abuse@news2.new-york.net if this posting is inappropriate Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Senate Industries Message-ID: <EC8nBJ.6Mq@nonexistent.com> References: <5oh1va$mcq@lace.colorado.edu> <5oiaao$7q5@fridge-nf0.shore.net> <slrn5qpmbl.328.hdm@stress.noc.demon.net> X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.1-RELEASE i386) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Trace: 867085321 5922 nathan [204.141.125.38] X-Nntp-Posting-Host: senate.org Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 17:02:01 GMT Lines: 33 Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!news.lava.net!news.flex.com!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.mathworks.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.new-york.net!nonexistent.com!not-for-mail Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:43402 Dominic Mitchell wrote: > > 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. Alt is under my thumb. ESC is five keys (diagonally) away from the most convenient finger, the middle finger. The "obvious consclusions can be drawn" :-) Besides its easier to type Alt+F than reach over to Escape, press it, then go back and press F. Experiment for yourself. -- ##################### For PGP key, telnet senate.org 5000 # Nathan Dorfman # or finger nathan@senate.org # Senate Industries # /'-- www.senate.org | ftp.senate.org -- `\ ##################### \________________________________________/