From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Rusi Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Why the C-M- is invalid in my emacs? Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2015 19:42:57 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <70afb1ab-2bbe-4392-88ca-f08b73e80b9a@googlegroups.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1439001918 20125 80.91.229.3 (8 Aug 2015 02:45:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2015 02:45:18 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Aug 08 04:45:18 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZNu8M-0004xz-0A for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 08 Aug 2015 04:45:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51735 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZNu8L-0002k5-DN for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 07 Aug 2015 22:45:17 -0400 X-Received: by 10.68.201.228 with SMTP id kd4mr9058244pbc.6.1439001778455; Fri, 07 Aug 2015 19:42:58 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.50.142.99 with SMTP id rv3mr15686igb.3.1439001778386; Fri, 07 Aug 2015 19:42:58 -0700 (PDT) Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!se8no496399igc.0!news-out.google.com!o13ni9247igw.0!nntp.google.com!se8no496388igc.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=117.195.57.59; posting-account=mBpa7woAAAAGLEWUUKpmbxm-Quu5D8ui Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 117.195.57.59 User-Agent: G2/1.0 Injection-Date: Sat, 08 Aug 2015 02:42:58 +0000 Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:214055 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:106340 Archived-At: On Saturday, August 8, 2015 at 7:26:56 AM UTC+5:30, Navy Cheng wrote: > Hi, > > I find I can't use *C-M-* combined key in my emacs. I have to use > *Esc C-* to instead. However, when I close X-server in my OS and > use emacs in the console, *C-M-* is OK. > > Why? How can I use *C-M-*, such as *C-M-h* in X? > > Thanks. Probably this is OS-related And you need to tell which OS so that those who know more specifics can answer. Also 'M-' means what exactly to you?