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From: Gilbert Harman <harman@Princeton.EDU>
Subject: Re: alt key on pc keyboard with mac osx
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 10:06:49 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <BB68F8B9.16289%harman@princeton.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Sea2-F41mFssIhJPaAn00031ce4@hotmail.com>

Try adding to your .emacs file

  (setq mac-command-key-is-meta nil)

On 8/19/03 1:57 PM, "Sean McLaughlin" <seanmcl1976@hotmail.com> wrote:

> I have a mac laptop running osx.  I'm using a pc usb keyboard.  I can't
> get emacs to recognize the ALT key as a META key.  When I type 'ALT k', for
> instance, I get a 'u' with a grave accent.  Is there a way to remap the alt
> key as a meta key?

  gil

  reply	other threads:[~2003-08-20 14:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-08-19 17:57 alt key on pc keyboard with mac osx Sean McLaughlin
2003-08-20 14:06 ` Gilbert Harman [this message]
     [not found] <mailman.538.1061370044.29551.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2003-08-20 15:35 ` Andrew Choi

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