From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: weber Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Meta-Characters, Special Characters Date: 29 May 2007 07:12:27 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com Message-ID: <1180447947.192222.233630@g4g2000hsf.googlegroups.com> References: <5c2mbdF2ung8hU1@mid.individual.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1180449642 10917 80.91.229.12 (29 May 2007 14:40:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 14:40:42 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue May 29 16:40:38 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Ht2sF-00005g-GX for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 29 May 2007 16:40:35 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ht2sE-0001Wo-UO for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 29 May 2007 10:40:35 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!g4g2000hsf.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 36 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 201.21.221.231 Original-X-Trace: posting.google.com 1180447956 20369 127.0.0.1 (29 May 2007 14:12:36 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 14:12:36 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <5c2mbdF2ung8hU1@mid.individual.net> User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; pt-BR; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070309 Firefox/2.0.0.3,gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe) X-HTTP-Via: 1.1 fw.datacom-telematica.com.br:3128 (squid/2.5.STABLE6) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: g4g2000hsf.googlegroups.com; posting-host=201.21.221.231; posting-account=pG57fA0AAADtQ-4h1MyvjXjZpSNZC0zj Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:148943 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:44531 Archived-At: On 29 maio, 09:58, Will wrote: > Hi, > > how can I find the an overview on how to enter meta-characters > (e.g. esc, return, linefeed, tab, ...) > a) in a regular buffer > b) in the minibuffer when using standard search/replace-functions > c) in the minibuffer when using search/replace-functions using regular > expressions > d) in the .emacs file when defining keybindings > > As far as I can see in all those situations entering meta-characters is > addressed in a different way which I find confusing, e.g.: > a) _or_ C-q > b) C-q C-[, C-q C-m, C-q C-j, C-q C-i > c) \e, \r, \n, \t > d) (define-key [(meta c) (control c) (tab c)] "This is confusing!") > > Furthermore, they are displayed in a different way,e.g. > - actual, visible layout > - ^E, ^M, ^L, ^I > - Octals > > I would be happy about pages summarizing such information. > Any references available? > > Thanks in advance, > > Will I myself have all styles mixed... Maybe this link helps: http://xahlee.org/emacs/keyboard_shortcuts.html Cheers, weber