From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Jorge Morais Neto Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: ESC key experience with new MacBook Pro? Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2016 22:23:25 -0200 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1481588704 30518 195.159.176.226 (13 Dec 2016 00:25:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2016 00:25:04 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Skip Montanaro Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 13 01:24:58 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cGats-0006Yd-Fk for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 13 Dec 2016 01:24:56 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34517 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cGatw-0006zI-QF for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 12 Dec 2016 19:25:00 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:36610) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cGatT-0006z2-WF for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Dec 2016 19:24:32 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cGatP-0004OJ-3B for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Dec 2016 19:24:32 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-qt0-f180.google.com ([209.85.216.180]:34900) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cGatO-0004OC-UT for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Dec 2016 19:24:27 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-qt0-f180.google.com with SMTP id c47so92708408qtc.2 for ; Mon, 12 Dec 2016 16:24:26 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=Y2LzOEyfkkbBRNrU0xDgiHnK0NUhzim1TIns1GLMoTo=; b=z8h3TE5zIjlFtJO/4KsiNSplEas9Jhapx4PRTUBNS+dsF/gGJGQ9SPBKWxwUiZmNJt tqq4jovc3deKt6hrhjAMzb7+OsJEDU9+Ii36frkpwqfURfMqPWCYZG8a1tc4PYZstfna zG4b1qYBF4OFTySmn7HfhBn9y3B4vGYi+/P4M462bh6yQ2AD5/NgJ1x1LU8B+eu8pC7Q XSFix0zuwZjHwPiGL1PThOagBC8DY27hCdGCGLSvR4vBevgXutgDfuWCMxaBOsELgkst 8sf0UVJNVW91l/2w5tCHnGyquK0Bf76GHj28XuCxgZA01af1QswrgP5Jhp4O2w6ApvDY vxMw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from :date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=Y2LzOEyfkkbBRNrU0xDgiHnK0NUhzim1TIns1GLMoTo=; b=FVbA2Tlu2ABU3ogWoCOBMc2SngRAk0bwAAohmyvKWxwKwXxjo1+HXOIVcI08ApUrKT hG9h+K4vrWbeZP8ksizBfz+R4neje+L1oYw5SV20C+5k/gCexnd1cK8cKI0zxPGzXXWr JO99BZv8OJmPop58aZNK/3cH9lrPe/XdyQQepiGmnkvA6k+OSa6DgLkyFno2CV64pDBZ 8Sr4Qkv1coBcvnNJuXSI2QOCgrb2lGnA78Ho6EdxNr0Yysq/01r5k8MQEaHy+cGaD3rk VJbxd7WRZzo0PMorvQEz/lQ+GBtm49u7KqGvVJbOPSpfpuMDTvy0oFjz5XdpUb2K15Nw 2t3Q== X-Gm-Message-State: AKaTC01oVjXhxuQDnMHI8Fc43EFZNKkcqPZbmXFgwtljyfEqrS+N3ljPCsjPPuxqSbMd4l/R52WDloX1tr1A2A== X-Received: by 10.237.60.51 with SMTP id t48mr82461110qte.24.1481588606316; Mon, 12 Dec 2016 16:23:26 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.55.65.81 with HTTP; Mon, 12 Dec 2016 16:23:25 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: X-Google-Sender-Auth: FofKk1_pMTkLKXQs6b_vLhHrBJM X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 209.85.216.180 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:111937 Archived-At: On 12 December 2016 at 13:37, Skip Montanaro wro= te: > This is only peripherally related to Emacs, but as I've been using > Emacs since the dawn of time and for some reason never really learned > to press the Alt key, my Emacs Alt key usage has always been dominated > by use of the ESC key. I thought some of my fellow Emacs tribe members > would have some input. I use a non-Apple notebook and it has an ESC key. However, I believe I hav= e a very useful tip for you: "C-[". For Emacs that key is equivalent to ESC. = I use it frequently, because it is often easier to type than ESC. For exampl= e, to repeat complex commands, C-x C-[ C-[ is easier to type than C-x ESC ESC.= In fact, I often prefer "C-[ *" to "M-*". For example, I prefer C-[ C-i to C-= M-i. Regards. --=20 =E2=80=A2 I am Brazilian. I hope my English is correct and I welcome corre= ctions. =E2=80=A2 Please adopt free formats like PDF, ODF, Org, LaTeX, Opus, WebM a= nd 7z. =E2=80=A2 Free (as in free speech) software for Android: https://f-droid.or= g/