From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: adamsonj@email.unc.edu (Joel J. Adamson) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Help Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:01:14 -0400 Message-ID: <87ej743fp6.fsf@edna.homeunix.org> References: <9d38b1d9-24f0-4af8-acf7-be49a9228572@r66g2000hsg.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1213149238 11811 80.91.229.12 (11 Jun 2008 01:53:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:53:58 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: ila Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 11 03:54:41 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1K6FXp-0004jC-74 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 11 Jun 2008 03:54:37 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41532 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K6FX1-0001DR-UZ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:53:47 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K6FVa-00009d-D8 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:52:18 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K6FVW-00008H-Bu for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:52:15 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=48303 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K6FVW-00008D-0p for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:52:14 -0400 Original-Received: from smtpsrv1.isis.unc.edu ([152.2.1.140]:59326 helo=smtp.unc.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K6FVV-00020T-Tf for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:52:14 -0400 Original-Received: from edna (cpe-071-065-251-190.nc.res.rr.com [71.65.251.190]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.unc.edu (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id m5B1pcTN021256; Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:51:42 -0400 (EDT) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 9 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:54704 Archived-At: ila writes: > How do I customize emacs so that I can type C-x instead of meta/alt. > So, for example, I can type "C-x x forward-char" instead of "M-x > forward-char". > I want this to apply to all shortcuts with meta, not just that one. What's leading you to want this? Is there a problem with your keyboard? The reason I ask is that these are keybindings that you should probably learn rather than modify --- there are good reasons for having them there. Are you using X? Do you have a modified keyboard layout? Tell me more. Joel -- Joel J. Adamson (303) 880-3109 Public key: http://pgp.mit.edu Homepage: http://www.unc.edu/~adamsonj Please read http://www.unc.edu/~adamsonj/roe.html