From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: M- vs. ESC Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2005 14:02:12 +0100 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1104843786 10387 80.91.229.6 (4 Jan 2005 13:03:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 13:03:06 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jan 04 14:02:55 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CloKt-0006YP-00 for ; Tue, 04 Jan 2005 14:02:55 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CloW5-0006DC-QA for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 04 Jan 2005 08:14:29 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CloVp-00069d-UH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Jan 2005 08:14:14 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CloVm-00066u-Ig for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Jan 2005 08:14:11 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CloVm-00066I-8a for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Jan 2005 08:14:10 -0500 Original-Received: from [195.135.220.2] (helo=Cantor.suse.de) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.34) id 1CloKE-0006nw-JK; Tue, 04 Jan 2005 08:02:15 -0500 Original-Received: from hermes.suse.de (hermes-ext.suse.de [195.135.221.8]) (using TLSv1 with cipher EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA (168/168 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by Cantor.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD7ED12CD409; Tue, 4 Jan 2005 14:02:12 +0100 (CET) Original-To: rms@gnu.org X-Yow: Now, let's SEND OUT for QUICHE!! In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Mon, 03 Jan 2005 22:36:27 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110002 (No Gnus v0.2) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:31817 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:31817 Richard Stallman writes: > There doesn't seem to be a translation between M- and= ESC > for the purpose of keymap lookup. > > That is true, but I don't think it is a problem. IMHO it is. Currently you need to bind both M- and ESC to b= e effective for both tty and X (including keyboards without a Meta modifier). This problem does not exist for S- and C- binding= s as long as they can be generated on a tty in the first place. Andreas. --=20 Andreas Schwab, SuSE Labs, schwab@suse.de SuSE Linux Products GmbH, Maxfeldstra=DFe 5, 90409 N=FCrnberg, Germany Key fingerprint =3D 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."