From: Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Opt/Fn as meta? (emacs on macs)
Date: Thu, 08 May 2003 16:28:14 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3EBAD9FE.8010806@yahoo.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 080520031142459136%sunder_3291@hotmail.nospam
Sunder wrote:
> The Esc key is so small and so far on my powerbook that I am ready to
> try a different meta key. I want to understand how to do it, and if it
> can lead to any problems (I will be using Aqua as well as X11
> programs).
Remember that Esc and Meta are fundamentally different, even in a default
X11 configuration: Meta is a modifier key (like Ctrl or Alt) that is pressed
simultaneously with another key, whereas Esc is a prefix key that is pressed
before another key (in order to simulate the Meta-modified key).
--
<a href="mailto:<kevin.rodgers@ihs.com>">Kevin Rodgers</a>
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Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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2003-05-08 17:37 ` Opt/Fn as meta? (emacs on macs) Sunder
2003-05-08 17:57 ` tristero
2003-05-08 19:08 ` Kyle Jones
2003-05-08 22:28 ` Kevin Rodgers [this message]
2003-05-09 7:40 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2003-05-09 10:35 ` Ajanta
2003-05-09 10:32 ` tristero
2003-05-09 14:10 ` Rodney Sparapani
2003-05-09 16:40 ` tristero
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2003-05-16 5:06 ` Matthew Calhoun
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2003-05-16 10:38 ` tristero
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