* Re: How to type {, [
2011-06-09 12:22 How to type {, [ Yuan Cheng
@ 2011-06-09 21:54 ` Nicolas Forgerit
2011-06-09 22:02 ` Stefan Vollmar
2011-06-10 7:09 ` Peter Dyballa
2 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Nicolas Forgerit @ 2011-06-09 21:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Yuan Cheng; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs
Hello Mr. Cheng,
good choice! Load your .emacs file (which you can usually find at [1])
with "C-x C-f", paste the code [0] into it, save with "C-x C-s". Then
either restart Emacs or type "M-x eval-buffer" and hit Enter. This
command remaps "Meta" to the "Apple Cmd-Button" and let's you use
"Alt" for the brackets. I think this is the most useful way to go on a
Mac.
Have fun & best regards from Karlsruhe! :-)
Ciao
Nico
[0] Emacs Lisp Code:
;; (begin) ENABLE MAC KBD BINDINGS
(setq mac-option-modifier nil
mac-command-modifier 'meta
x-select-enable-clipboard t)
;; (end of code-snippet)
[1] Filepath on our Harddisk-Drive
~/.emacs
On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 2:22 PM, Yuan Cheng <gmzgmy@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Sir or Madam,
>
> my name is Yuan Cheng and I'm from Germany. Today I started to use emacs, but I've encountered a big problem.
> I don't know how I can type { } or [ ]. I am using a german keyboard and to type them I have to use "alt" (on my Mac) which has another usage in emacs.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Yuan Cheng
>
--
Ciao
Nico
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2011-06-09 12:22 How to type {, [ Yuan Cheng
2011-06-09 21:54 ` Nicolas Forgerit
@ 2011-06-09 22:02 ` Stefan Vollmar
2011-06-10 7:09 ` Peter Dyballa
2 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Stefan Vollmar @ 2011-06-09 22:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Yuan Cheng; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs
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Dear Mr Cheng,
I would recommend Aquamacs, http://aquamacs.org, which is based on GNU Emacs and has been adapted for the Mac. In particular, a lot of effort went into the support of non-American keyboards: I am also working on a German Mac keyboard and it took just one mouse-click to configure it - the alt-key now works as meta while keeping the ability to create {} and [] in the usual Mac way.
Hope this helps.
Warm regards,
Stefan
On 09.06.2011, at 14:22, Yuan Cheng wrote:
> Dear Sir or Madam,
>
> my name is Yuan Cheng and I'm from Germany. Today I started to use emacs, but I've encountered a big problem.
> I don't know how I can type { } or [ ]. I am using a german keyboard and to type them I have to use "alt" (on my Mac) which has another usage in emacs.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Yuan Cheng
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2011-06-09 12:22 How to type {, [ Yuan Cheng
2011-06-09 21:54 ` Nicolas Forgerit
2011-06-09 22:02 ` Stefan Vollmar
@ 2011-06-10 7:09 ` Peter Dyballa
2011-06-11 6:34 ` Deniz Dogan
2 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Peter Dyballa @ 2011-06-10 7:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Yuan Cheng; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs
Am 09.06.2011 um 14:22 schrieb Yuan Cheng:
> I don't know how I can type { } or [ ]. I am using a german keyboard
> and to type them I have to use "alt" (on my Mac) which has another
> usage in emacs.
Why don't you try to press all keys of your keyboard, adding on each
new run one more modifier (shift, alt, alt-shift, ...)? Or read the
documentation.
--
Greetings
Pete
Increase the size of your bike by at least *five* inches!
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2011-06-10 7:09 ` Peter Dyballa
@ 2011-06-11 6:34 ` Deniz Dogan
0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Deniz Dogan @ 2011-06-11 6:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
On 2011-06-10 09:09, Peter Dyballa wrote:
>
> Am 09.06.2011 um 14:22 schrieb Yuan Cheng:
>
>> I don't know how I can type { } or [ ]. I am using a german keyboard
>> and to type them I have to use "alt" (on my Mac) which has another
>> usage in emacs.
>
>
> Why don't you try to press all keys of your keyboard, adding on each new
> run one more modifier (shift, alt, alt-shift, ...)? Or read the
> documentation.
>
So helpful.
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