From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: conover--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: NetBSD Alt key? Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2022 12:05:19 -0800 Message-ID: <20220202200519.16858.qmail@rahul.net> References: <20220202163751.7767.qmail@rahul.net> <87a6f9ccre.fsf@zoho.eu> Reply-To: John Conover Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="11722"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Feb 02 21:41:52 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1nFMRs-0002pA-Ab for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 02 Feb 2022 21:41:52 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:52628 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nFMRr-0006o9-9d for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 02 Feb 2022 15:41:51 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:33884) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nFLtd-0003aA-Dt for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Feb 2022 15:06:30 -0500 Original-Received: from aqua-new.rahul.net ([152.44.41.158]:54842) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nFLtO-0004Fw-KY for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Feb 2022 15:06:27 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost.localdomain (unknown [67.164.12.40]) by aqua-new.rahul.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 59DA7BB94E for ; Wed, 2 Feb 2022 12:05:30 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=rahul.net; s=202010; t=1643832330; bh=+rIg0qghV/cYL3sSc7RjC2AB9qEggjRcupFxb0gWGuQ=; h=Date:To:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Reply-To:From:From; b=BhYoSkvUK8bPdZ7zkrofw2y4eXCOBFHvKFL95EIq2HbSxf/10Nj5dP+rGY8eveFeQ wh+4gRqTD72hcDGJjKtsSgHca/OgwCdS1pb1MzbOfgGYc6eacimzMu3mhX/HJWJQYD JuEMssOpqDWGqsA59/7ztLHfab6Ie6bcJJHzOSQFIZp0LPvRWrhyrnd7H9yBC7BrUz zhUqZ/ZHEIua33L2tkG8n4eyP/h+73aNp4mPoAqJriJwrydPqwZca/79CbbSOJgw4r p875Z03xzKQiVHzkx9X0Ca+XZ0jl91t72dgAifRvdkqKWwvs4Ys9NsUNYb5w/uIiyy i+r4HWbpCfw6g== Original-Received: (qmail 16859 invoked by uid 4199); 2 Feb 2022 20:05:19 -0000 In-Reply-To: <87a6f9ccre.fsf@zoho.eu> X-Mailer: VM 7.19 under Emacs 26.1 X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-2.10 / 10.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; HAS_REPLYTO(0.00)[conover@rahul.net]; REPLYTO_EQ_FROM(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; FROM_NO_DN(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM(-0.00)[-1.000]; RCVD_COUNT_ZERO(0.00)[0]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; SUBJECT_ENDS_QUESTION(1.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:7922, ipnet:67.160.0.0/11, country:US]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; BAYES_HAM(-3.00)[100.00%] X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 59DA7BB94E X-Rspamd-Server: aqua-new.rahul.net Received-SPF: pass client-ip=152.44.41.158; envelope-from=conover@rahul.net; helo=aqua-new.rahul.net X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, NICE_REPLY_A=-0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" X-ACL-Warn: , conover@rahul.net (John Conover) Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:135678 Archived-At: Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor writes: > conover--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor wrote: > > > (global-set-key "\M-b" 'mark-block) ; Alt-b key > > It is called Meta. If "mark-block" is a command (interactive > function) I don't see why it shouldn't work ... You can put > use the hash quote but that won't solve it. > > (global-set-key "\M-b" #'mark-block) > > Don't you want M-b for `backward-word' tho? > > > NetBSD does not > > What happens when you hit it? > > Test, or do C-h k M-b > Here is what it it gives: M-c (translated from M-C) runs the command copy-marks, which is an interactive compiled Lisp function in `.emacs'. It is bound to M-c. (copy-marks) Copy marks, copy any marked areas to the current point. which seems to be Meta-anything returns Meta-c. Thanks, John -- John Conover, conover@rahul.net, http://www.johncon.com/