From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jim Ottaway Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Unhandy Metakey Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 19:40:57 +0100 Message-ID: <8764z7veti.fsf@lse.ac.uk> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1112295029 5760 80.91.229.2 (31 Mar 2005 18:50:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:50:29 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 31 20:50:27 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DH4jh-0007Ps-Pd for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 31 Mar 2005 20:49:46 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DH50S-0006qF-8U for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 31 Mar 2005 14:07:04 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DH4xq-0005wc-F4 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Mar 2005 14:04:22 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DH4xn-0005v6-Ak for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Mar 2005 14:04:20 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DH4xm-0005uG-3x for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Mar 2005 14:04:18 -0500 Original-Received: from [194.247.47.231] (helo=mailout.zetnet.co.uk) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DH4hv-00054R-Kg for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Mar 2005 13:47:55 -0500 Original-Received: from irwell.zetnet.co.uk ([194.247.47.48] helo=zetnet.co.uk) by mailout.zetnet.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1DH4ht-0002ea-00 for ; Thu, 31 Mar 2005 19:47:53 +0100 Original-Received: from runcible (53-186.adsl.zetnet.co.uk [194.247.53.186]) by zetnet.co.uk (8.13.3/8.13.3/Debian-9) with ESMTP id j2VIlrbd005554 for ; Thu, 31 Mar 2005 19:47:53 +0100 Original-Received: from jeho by runcible with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1DH4bC-0000LS-00 for ; Thu, 31 Mar 2005 19:40:58 +0100 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org In-Reply-To: (d44sf@44ada.com's message of "Wed, 30 Mar 2005 12:14:07 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.090024 (Oort Gnus v0.24) Emacs/21.2 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:25321 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:25321 >>>>> JS writes: > I think its pretty unhandy that the Meta key is "escape" is it not possible > to configure it more appropiate? > Where have you configured to the Meta Key to be? I find C-[ [that's control open-square-bracket] very handy as a touch-typing friendly alternative to ESC: I think it is the same as ESC in most terminals: requires no configuration. -- Jim Ottaway