From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Sunder Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Opt/Fn as meta? (emacs on macs) Date: Thu, 08 May 2003 17:37:42 GMT Organization: Prodigy Internet http://www.prodigy.com Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <080520031142459136%sunder_3291@hotmail.nospam> References: <060520031719451942%ajanta@no.spam> <1a61f7e5.0305070021.5feb7ff6@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1052412387 26289 80.91.224.249 (8 May 2003 16:46:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 16:46:27 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu May 08 18:46:22 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19DoXF-0006pS-00 for ; Thu, 08 May 2003 18:46:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 19DoWR-0001Xw-0A for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 08 May 2003 12:45:31 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newshosting.com!news-xfer1.atl.newshosting.com!209.50.230.160.MISMATCH!news.astraweb.com!news-small.astraweb.com!prodigy.com!newsmst01.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssrv26.news.prodigy.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.system,comp.emacs,comp.emacs.xemacs,gnu.emacs.help Mail-Copies-To: nobody User-Agent: Thoth/1.6.0 (Carbon/OS X) Original-Lines: 19 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 68.75.160.2 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net Original-X-Trace: newssrv26.news.prodigy.com 1052415462 ST000 68.75.160.2 (Thu, 08 May 2003 12:37:42 CDT) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 08 May 2003 12:37:42 CDT X-UserInfo1: O@YORZWDARRAB]\YJJID]_\@VR]^@B@MCPWZKB]MPXHZUSAANVUEAE[YETZPIWWI[FCIZA^NBFXZ_D[BFNTCNVPDTNTKHWXKB@X^B_OCJLPZ@ET_O[G\XSG@E\G[ZKVLBL^CJINM@I_KVIOR\T_M_AW_M[_BWU_HFA_]@A_A^SGFAUDE_DFTMQPFWVW[QPJN Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu comp.sys.mac.apps:360885 comp.sys.mac.system:586371 comp.emacs:79112 comp.emacs.xemacs:70837 gnu.emacs.help:112958 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:9453 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:9453 Joe Davison wrote: > Luckily, on both the carbon and x11 versions of emacs I use on my mac, > one can arrange it so either Cmd or Opt is Meta.. The Esc key is so small and so far on my powerbook that I am ready to try a different meta key. I want to understand how to do it, and if it can lead to any problems (I will be using Aqua as well as X11 programs). I think I'll leave Cmd alone as I see it being used elsewhere in the system a lot. OTOH I don't encounter any use for Opt or Fn. Questions: 1. Is there any downside to binding Opt or Fn as meta?. Both keys are placed equally conveniently for me, so I could just pick the less problematic one. 2. What would I put in my .emacs to make such a binding? S.