From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "B. T. Raven" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: no meta key in Windows Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 09:05:03 -0500 Organization: UseNetServer.com Message-ID: <67105$450ab1d5$49edec4$31838@DIALUPUSA.NET> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1158331275 26681 80.91.229.2 (15 Sep 2006 14:41:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 14:41:15 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 15 16:41:15 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GOEs7-0002jx-JO for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 15 Sep 2006 16:40:53 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GOEs3-0004rz-OH for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 15 Sep 2006 10:40:47 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!newsfeeds.sol.net!208.49.83.154.MISMATCH!atl-c08.usenetserver.com!news.usenetserver.com!pc02.usenetserver.com!DIALUPUSA.NET!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@usenetserver.com Original-Lines: 31 Original-X-Trace: 67105450ab1d5a13b7b6131838 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:141765 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:37387 Archived-At: "Ryan Krauss" wrote in message news:mailman.6975.1158328063.9609.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org... > I am a Linux using running windows in my office somewhat against my will. > > I am having some trouble getting windows emacs to behave like the > emacs setup I have in Ubuntu. > > But my biggest problem right now is that I don't seem to have a meta > key. I installed emacs from: > > emacs-21.3-fullbin-i386.tar.gz > > and then ran addpm.exe. > > Is there something more I need to do? alt-delete just beeps at me and > doesn't kill the previous word. > > Thanks, > > Ryan > Ryan > > See if w32-alt-is-meta is nil. It should be t but I don't remember when this was set. It's not in my .emacs. Ed