From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "B. Smith-Mannschott" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: rebinding ESC key Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 11:50:51 +0100 Message-ID: References: <20071106004849.0b023e7a@reforged> <987B5830-A657-490E-BFDE-454F37D50BA5@Web.DE> <876409lsk2.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v912) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1194778292 31364 80.91.229.12 (11 Nov 2007 10:51:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 10:51:32 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Amy Templeton Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 11 11:51:36 2007 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 1IrAPe-0007va-Ny for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 11 Nov 2007 11:51:34 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IrAPS-0003N5-MI for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 11 Nov 2007 05:51:22 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IrAPA-0003Lv-Mb for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Nov 2007 05:51:04 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IrAP9-0003LL-2Q for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Nov 2007 05:51:04 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IrAP8-0003LI-Rn for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Nov 2007 05:51:02 -0500 Original-Received: from fk-out-0910.google.com ([209.85.128.188]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IrAP8-0006Jd-Es for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Nov 2007 05:51:02 -0500 Original-Received: by fk-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id 19so1126689fkr for ; Sun, 11 Nov 2007 02:51:00 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:cc:message-id:from:to:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:subject:date:references:x-mailer; bh=ctoZve+GQda5+npy3JHU5kT/qgIRMib7UonSn9t6yuE=; b=QduLg/CbSJg+KPgJi7glJ+HqrPS0PlXQH6gG6CNl69Gv77J66dQumZD39MAYWcu1Ea6UW90iMMGZR7dqPrUWJRAn8QqoU+tRwmTbnB09ijD3+6rBSeLQ4q/gAZ+rwBXRbSSJzro/8yymsJOuB40ofGUJoFwqTNiD19EfqHl72Qw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:cc:message-id:from:to:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:subject:date:references:x-mailer; b=EZUkFYllE4lH5ngkZ+YLT2DUCGuUPkhAkGMMBz5EbhNuHb95/utGHjdRB4s/wvrWXNIATEepIktCTilOIWDWYfqZsBs3YJAwauqELQeqOdbtBiZv15RpsWm5kPR17W/9JKl1kBPe/Wq0bUiB91Or+nnwR8QO4ohtPpWegsvyENo= Original-Received: by 10.86.89.4 with SMTP id m4mr3394506fgb.1194778260478; Sun, 11 Nov 2007 02:51:00 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from ?192.168.2.21? ( [88.117.87.245]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id l19sm3475345fgb.2007.11.11.02.50.58 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 11 Nov 2007 02:50:58 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <876409lsk2.fsf@gmail.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.912) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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:49130 Archived-At: On Nov 10, 2007, at 22:05, Amy Templeton wrote: > I didn't grow up with it as the only option (I started using Emacs a > couple of years ago), but it has on occasion come in handy--for > example, > on my school's Macs (which are the closest thing they have to a usable > computer) they do have Emacs installed--but it's version 21.3 (not > even > 21.4!), with no graphical support, and there's no working ALT/META > key, > so I have to settle for ESC. As a rule, I just try not to use the > school > computers. Mac OS X's Terminal.app provides a setting "Use option as meta key" as far back as I can remember. This means that you can't use Mac OS option key combinations to type foreign characters but you can still insert them in emacs using an appropriate emacs input-method (I use rfc1345). // Ben Smith-Mannschott