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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Subject: Re: Binding meta and arrow
Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 11:49:52 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ekc7uq6t.fsf-monnier+gnu.emacs.help@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.5162.1116027341.2819.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org

> I'm trying to make emacs bind "M-arrow" to things.
> I know other applications can use the key combination in the same
> environment (on the console, using putty and screen) and it seems emacs
> itself can handle it; when I go "C-h c M-left" it says "ESC <left> is
> undefined"

Although "ESC a" is equivalent to "M-a", this is not true of function keys
like "left" where "M-left" is not the same as "ESC left".


        Stefan

       reply	other threads:[~2005-05-16 15:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <mailman.5162.1116027341.2819.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2005-05-16 15:49 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2005-05-18 13:56   ` Binding meta and arrow Ehud Karni
2005-05-13 23:27 Ian Crowther
2005-05-14  7:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-05-14 15:56 ` Peter Dyballa
2005-05-14 23:51   ` Ian Crowther
2005-05-15  9:32     ` Peter Dyballa
2005-05-16  1:01       ` Ian Crowther
2005-05-16  8:50         ` Peter Dyballa

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