From: tristero <tristero@waste.net>
Subject: Re: Opt/Fn as meta? (emacs on macs)
Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 10:38:38 GMT [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Oc3xa.344805$Si4.290696@rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.6287.1053063307.21513.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
In article <mailman.6287.1053063307.21513.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>,
Matthew Calhoun wrote:
>> 1. Running in a Terminal (either gnuemacs or xemacs). Enable the
>> Emulation preference "Use option as meta key"...
>
> I'm using OS X's pre-installed emacs (gnu 21.1.1), and I've done this,
> but it's not working quite right. Commands that start with "C-" work
> fine, commands that start with "M-" work fine, but when I hold down
> both Ctrl and Meta, the Ctrl is ignored.
Unfortunately, yes, the meta emulation in Terminal is limited in the
way you describe (and it's not specific to the emacs version). It
works in combination shift but not in combination with control. I
don't know of any way around this.
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2003-05-16 5:06 ` Opt/Fn as meta? (emacs on macs) Matthew Calhoun
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2003-05-08 17:37 ` Sunder
2003-05-08 17:57 ` tristero
2003-05-08 19:08 ` Kyle Jones
2003-05-08 22:28 ` Kevin Rodgers
2003-05-09 7:40 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2003-05-09 10:35 ` Ajanta
2003-05-09 10:32 ` tristero
2003-05-09 14:10 ` Rodney Sparapani
2003-05-09 16:40 ` tristero
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