From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Navy Cheng Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Why the C-M- is invalid in my emacs? Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2015 12:16:13 +0800 Message-ID: <20150808041613.GB24447@debian> References: <70afb1ab-2bbe-4392-88ca-f08b73e80b9a@googlegroups.com> <842638f0-82e7-4023-8d8f-cc4be654eecf@googlegroups.com> Reply-To: Navy Cheng NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1439007413 26659 80.91.229.3 (8 Aug 2015 04:16:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2015 04:16:53 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Aug 08 06:16:45 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZNvYp-0001ps-LH for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 08 Aug 2015 06:16:43 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51886 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZNvYo-0002h9-HU for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 08 Aug 2015 00:16:42 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:45824) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZNvYf-0002h4-7v for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Aug 2015 00:16:34 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZNvYa-00017G-7H for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Aug 2015 00:16:33 -0400 Original-Received: from m15-111.126.com ([220.181.15.111]:46943) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZNvYZ-000174-De for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Aug 2015 00:16:28 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=126.com; s=s110527; h=Date:From:Subject:Message-ID:MIME-Version; bh=SFHu4 W6yRnivfAk40Riy0chUuSsBRtcIUPPQi5kOk+w=; b=R/pM4FJu6dJ+GqDq0oiyx D83bxKB59+1j8//o1yjCp9ti38yZQ8Z2abFekjxnL+5IM083onkB38I4cYt90YTE oNfXZecjdmX4IiAyAdRKfwnIIFaNAf6IzYdXTmjGgLUIMLhfoiQlvRD3lOFiachj YQ0et3u8ZEYWwUWLMdr+zM= Original-Received: from localhost (unknown [140.207.196.4]) by smtp1 (Coremail) with SMTP id C8mowEAZL0+WgsVVZTAjAg--.15863S3; Sat, 08 Aug 2015 12:16:24 +0800 (CST) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <842638f0-82e7-4023-8d8f-cc4be654eecf@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-CM-TRANSID: C8mowEAZL0+WgsVVZTAjAg--.15863S3 X-Coremail-Antispam: 1Uf129KBjvdXoW7XF4DCr18Xr1xAr1fXFWxCrg_yoWfXFX_uw 4vv3s8Cw4kCF17Za9xtrWay3WkJa1DKw1Sq39YkrWUC3s5Jay3WF1DGr1ru3y2kr4xArnx Cw4jvF4DGFZ7KjkaLaAFLSUrUUUUUb8apTn2vfkv8UJUUUU8Yxn0WfASr-VFAUDa7-sFnT 9fnUUvcSsGvfC2KfnxnUUI43ZEXa7IU0wXo5UUUUU== X-Originating-IP: [140.207.196.4] X-CM-SenderInfo: 5qdy5ubk6rjloofrz/1tbiThhQDVR0YVjv2gAAsn X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 220.181.15.111 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:106346 Archived-At: On Fri, Aug 07, 2015 at 08:12:59PM -0700, Rusi wrote: > On Saturday, August 8, 2015 at 8:40:59 AM UTC+5:30, Navy Cheng wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 07, 2015 at 07:42:57PM -0700, Rusi wrote: > > > On Saturday, August 8, 2015 at 7:26:56 AM UTC+5:30, Navy Cheng wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I find I can't use *C-M-* combined key in my emacs. I have to use > > > > *Esc C-* to instead. However, when I close X-server in my OS and > > > > use emacs in the console, *C-M-* is OK. > > > > > > > > Why? How can I use *C-M-*, such as *C-M-h* in X? > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > Probably this is OS-related > > > And you need to tell which OS so that those who know more specifics can answer. > > > Also 'M-' means what exactly to you? > > > > I use Debian 8 and Xfce Desktop Environment. 'M-' is OK and 'C-M-' is OK in other > > software execpt emacs. > > What physical hardware key is 'M-'? 'M-' is Alt, 'C-' is Ctrl.