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 20:12:59 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <842638f0-82e7-4023-8d8f-cc4be654eecf@googlegroups.com> References: <70afb1ab-2bbe-4392-88ca-f08b73e80b9a@googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1439003720 11202 80.91.229.3 (8 Aug 2015 03:15:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2015 03:15:20 +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 05:15:20 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 1ZNubO-0000GX-84 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 08 Aug 2015 05:15:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51779 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZNubN-0001yi-2q for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 07 Aug 2015 23:15:17 -0400 X-Received: by 10.50.28.78 with SMTP id z14mr1216823igg.1.1439003579729; Fri, 07 Aug 2015 20:12:59 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.50.62.68 with SMTP id w4mr17113igr.12.1439003579715; Fri, 07 Aug 2015 20:12:59 -0700 (PDT) Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!se8no500268igc.0!news-out.google.com!o13ni9247igw.0!nntp.google.com!se8no500259igc.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 03:12:59 +0000 Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:214057 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:106342 Archived-At: On Saturday, August 8, 2015 at 8:40:59 AM UTC+5:30, Navy Cheng wrote: > On Fri, Aug 07, 2015 at 07:42:57PM -0700, Rusi wrote: > > 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? > > I use Debian 8 and Xfce Desktop Environment. 'M-' is OK and 'C-M-' is OK in other > software execpt emacs. What physical hardware key is 'M-'?