From: <tomas@tuxteam.de>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: unable to use M-% or meta key is not working?
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2022 20:19:22 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Y2QUOrQWyPgBnhrN@tuxteam.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <58f1ae7c5cdb50c93f468bc4efc32d634804daf3@disroot.org>
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On Thu, Nov 03, 2022 at 07:05:27PM +0000, jindam, vani wrote:
> i am replacing using c-s & icon (replace
> search string). it works fine. but, i am
> unable to use M-%. i tried alt, ctrl, shift
> and escape keys. none of them are working.
Typically, Alt is bound to Meta, but this depends on your
X configuration. What typically works is ESC, then %, but this
is definitely less comfortable than a "true" Meta key.
Cheers
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2022-11-03 19:05 unable to use M-% or meta key is not working? jindam, vani
2022-11-03 19:19 ` tomas [this message]
2022-11-03 19:41 ` Emanuel Berg
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