From: Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE>
To: Don Saklad <dsaklad@gnu.org>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: a) What ways can Meta be put in a command?... b) What's the difference between Esc-x and M-x
Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2013 21:16:13 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <A3EB4794-5857-4F42-8D06-2B0381093F16@Web.DE> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5isizsbzhu.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org>
Am 05.07.2013 um 21:03 schrieb Don Saklad:
> What key is the Meta key? PCs?... Macs?…
On the Mac it can be fn, ctrl, alt, cmd.
>
> b) What's the difference between Esc-x and M-x
In a terminal emulation M-x does not exist, you have to use Esc-x. The GNU Emacs variants with some windowing support also support the Esc-x work-around.
--
Greetings
Pete
Computers are good at following instructions, but not at reading your mind.
- D. E. Knuth, The TeXbook, Addison-Wesley 1984, 1986, 1996, p. 9
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Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-07-05 19:03 a) What ways can Meta be put in a command?... b) What's the difference between Esc-x and M-x Don Saklad
2013-07-05 19:16 ` Peter Dyballa [this message]
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2013-07-05 20:57 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-07-05 21:03 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2013-07-05 21:47 ` Peter Dyballa
2013-07-06 1:47 ` Bob Proulx
2013-07-06 12:48 ` Thomas Shannon
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2013-07-06 17:47 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
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2013-07-07 18:17 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-07-08 16:03 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2013-07-09 17:34 ` Jambunathan K
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2013-07-09 19:43 ` Emanuel Berg
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