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From: "B. T. Raven" <ecinmn@alcisp.com>
Subject: Re: no meta key in Windows
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 09:05:03 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <67105$450ab1d5$49edec4$31838@DIALUPUSA.NET> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.6975.1158328063.9609.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org


"Ryan Krauss" <ryanlists@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:mailman.6975.1158328063.9609.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org...
> I am a Linux using running windows in my office somewhat against my
will.
>
> I am having some trouble getting windows emacs to behave like the
> emacs setup I have in Ubuntu.
>
> But my biggest problem right now is that I don't seem to have a meta
> key.  I installed emacs from:
>
> emacs-21.3-fullbin-i386.tar.gz
>
> and then ran addpm.exe.
>
> Is there something more I need to do?  alt-delete just beeps at me and
> doesn't kill the previous word.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ryan
> Ryan
>
>

See if w32-alt-is-meta is nil. It should be t but I don't remember when
this was set. It's not in my .emacs.

Ed

       reply	other threads:[~2006-09-15 14:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
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2006-09-15 14:05 ` B. T. Raven [this message]
2006-09-15 19:11   ` no meta key in Windows Ryan Krauss
     [not found]   ` <mailman.6989.1158347481.9609.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-09-16  0:56     ` B. T. Raven
2006-09-15 13:47 Ryan Krauss

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