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> A friend asked how to disable M-q. My first thought was:
>     (local-unset-key (kbd "\M-q"))
> or
>     (local-set-key (kbd "M-q") nil)
> 
> But both did not work. I am now using:
>     (local-set-key (kbd "M-q") "")
> 
> and this works. Is this the best way, or is there a better way?
> 

How about either

(global-unset-key [(meta q)]

or

(local-unset-key [(meta q)]

??