From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Reitter Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.macintosh.osx,gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Using mac command key as normal command key in emacs Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 16:12:49 +0000 Message-ID: <465B0F3B-69FB-4049-BC26-BF653953FD17@gmail.com> References: Reply-To: "Emacs on Mac OS X" NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v746.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1132416842 12517 80.91.229.2 (19 Nov 2005 16:14:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 16:14:02 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Mac OSX Emacs , Emacs help Original-X-From: macosx-emacs@email.esm.psu.edu Sat Nov 19 17:13:51 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from engremail2.engr.psu.edu ([130.203.201.116]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EdVL9-0005BO-Mq for gemo-macosx-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 19 Nov 2005 17:13:23 +0100 Original-Received: from email.esm.psu.edu ([130.203.247.204]) by engremail2.engr.psu.edu with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Sat, 19 Nov 2005 11:13:16 -0500 Original-Received: from gmail.com by email.esm.psu.edu with SMTP; Sat, 19 Nov 2005 11:13:16 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type:message-id:cc:content-transfer-encoding:from:subject:date:to:x-mailer; b=erDbNwenj/jCLZOdc41g581yGaRTuSd/IKd/W9OhVEKCjNOY5DRaaYWbDU7PjBJvKLj1Rm7IFFjhLXBWuV7W62VtkVm82MAfm11+b0ytjiLtVloJtxeTn8PpP4X0JfkdfsG5AXTnoDoP6D5cXRsKVuI8zNmNDTqT77juiok7QEg= In-Reply-To: Original-To: Gilbert Harman X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.746.2) Original-Sender: Precedence: List List-Software: LetterRip Pro 4.05 (0818) by LetterRip Software, LLC. List-Subscribe: List-Digest: List-Unsubscribe: X-LR-SENT-TO: mail.engr.psu.edu X-OriginalArrivalTime: 19 Nov 2005 16:13:16.0943 (UTC) FILETIME=[267059F0:01C5ED24] Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.macintosh.osx:1577 gmane.emacs.help:31170 Archived-At: Gilbert, > > > I have in my .emacs > (setq mac-pass-command-to-system t) > (setq mac-command-key-is-meta nil) > but it now seems that the variable "mac-command-key-is-meta" is no > longer > recognized. And the setting for "mac-pass-command-key-to-system" > is being > ignored. Yes, these variables have been removed. Note that you are using a developer snapshot, so things can change at any time. > There is a variable "mac-command-variable" with the following > Documentation: > Modifier key assumed when the Mac command key is pressed. > The value can be `alt', `ctrl', `hyper', or `super' for the > respective > modifier. The default is `meta'. > > But none of these allows the command key to function as the > standard command > key. (But something "killed" in emacs can still be "pasted" into > another > mac program with command-V.) Emacs doesn't know "command" as a modifier key, because it doesn't exist on other operating systems. I suspect you would like the Command-key combinations like Command-C, Command-V, Command-Q to do the same as in other Mac programs. If that is the case, your best bet is to use an Emacs distribution like Aquamacs (http://aquamacs.org). There are other solutions which involve more or less manual intervention - usually they will map the command key to something like 'hyper or 'alt and then bind appropriate functions to the keys. Hope that helps. If you wanted the command keys to do something else, like shortcuts defined by other applications or by the system and it doesn't do something it used to do, please do let us know. - Dave PS.: I'm cc'ing the Emacs Help list instead of Emacs-devel. ---------------------------- Info ----------------------------- List Post: List Archives: