From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tim McNamara Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Emacs from CVS question Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2003 18:39:40 -0600 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1070329040 6521 80.91.224.253 (2 Dec 2003 01:37:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 01:37:20 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 02 02:37:18 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AQzTZ-0005Ed-00 for ; Tue, 02 Dec 2003 02:37:17 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AR0Dg-0000ws-3b for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 01 Dec 2003 21:24:56 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-out.visi.com!petbe.visi.com!gemini.bitstream.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.1002 (Gnus v5.10.2) Emacs/21.3.50 (darwin) Cancel-Lock: sha1:ahbaTA/l/N5+R/81H1/CPqBNHcU= Original-Lines: 33 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: d842ea82.news.bitstream.net Original-X-Trace: 1070325618 gemini.bitstream.net 1100 216.243.177.155 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@bitstream.net Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:118881 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:14818 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:14818 Hugh Wolf writes: > On 2003-12-01, Tim McNamara wrote: > >>> If you want option to be meta, you need one. The standard osx X11 >>> key mapping makes command/apple act as meta and option/alt act as >>> alt. >> >> Even if my .emacs contains (setq mac-command-key-is-meta nil)? > > Correct. That option is only for the carbon build. The X11 build > isn't mac-specific in this way. It will use whatever X11 has mapped > to the logical 'meta' key, Ah. I assumed (living in a Mac-centric universe as I have for 17 years) that this applied to all Emacsen running on a Mac, whether Carbon or X11. Thanks for clearing that up. >> it'd be nice to have the same [meta key mapping] in the X11 >> version. > > I agree completely, and I have my environment configured to support > this. You'll have it too, once you get the xmodmap thing working. I'll work on that! > I don't think can help with the info problem; sorry. It's always > 'just worked' for me. But there are many info experts here :) Otoh > they probably stopped reading this thread long ago, or never started > in the first place. You might want to ask that specific question > again, in a separate thread with a different Subject: header. Well, thanks very much, the rest was *very* helpful.