From: Bob Proulx <bob@proulx.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: ESC vs Meta for shifted keys
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2018 13:54:04 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180411131107072594795@bob.proulx.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvvacxly6q.fsf-monnier+gmane.emacs.help@gnu.org>
Stefan Monnier wrote:
> >> The ESC <-> Meta equivalence only holds for characters, not for
> >> "special keys" such as `left`, indeed. Not sure why.
>
> > It seems to work for me. Using C-h c to describe keys in both a
> > terminal and a graphical emacs shows:
> >
> > ESC <left> (translated from ESC M-O D) runs the command backward-word
> > <M-left> runs the command left-word
>
> In which sense does it work for you? The above shows clearly that
> `M-left` and `ESC left` aren't treated identically.
It works for me because they perform the same result. M-left and ESC
left both move the point left a word. M-right and ESC right both move
the point right a word. I also pointed out that they were bound to
different function but I think I adequately explained why they were
bound to slightly different functions. That is in order to support
Shift Selection. (A feature that I never use by the way...)
Bob
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-04-11 19:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-04-10 13:28 ESC vs Meta for shifted keys Robert Pluim
2018-04-10 13:42 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-04-10 13:57 ` Robert Pluim
2018-04-10 23:11 ` Bob Proulx
2018-04-11 12:34 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-04-11 19:54 ` Bob Proulx [this message]
2018-04-11 21:10 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-04-11 21:58 ` Drew Adams
2018-04-12 8:49 ` Robert Pluim
2018-04-12 14:52 ` Drew Adams
2018-04-12 14:57 ` Robert Pluim
2018-04-12 16:02 ` Drew Adams
2018-04-12 16:16 ` Robert Pluim
2018-04-12 16:35 ` Yuri Khan
2018-04-12 16:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-04-12 16:48 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-04-12 11:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] <mailman.11969.1523366938.27995.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
[not found] ` <86tvsiaoe3.fsf@zoho.com>
2018-04-10 23:26 ` Bob Proulx
2018-04-10 23:40 ` Bob Proulx
2018-04-15 0:30 ` Tim Johnson
[not found] ` <mailman.12411.1523752244.27995.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2018-04-15 0:50 ` Emanuel Berg
2018-04-15 15:50 ` Tim Johnson
2018-04-16 12:52 ` Robert Pluim
[not found] ` <mailman.11999.1523402811.27995.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2018-04-15 1:06 ` Emanuel Berg
2018-04-15 4:13 ` Bob Proulx
[not found] ` <mailman.12416.1523765608.27995.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2018-04-15 20:04 ` Emanuel Berg
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