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Hello,

  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?

Thanks,

Sean

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