Re: Strange behaveur for M-x

[Anakreon Mendis <anakreonmejdi@yahoo.gr>]

Heike C. Zimmerer wrote:
> Anakreon Mendis <anakreonmejdi@yahoo.gr> writes:
> 
> 
>>If I press M-x, instead of the minibuffer taking focus, emacs produces a beep.
>>I can't invoke any command except for those which a key binding exists.
>>The key bindings which like M-a, M-e produce a beep also.
> 
> 
> What does C-h k <your-M-x> report?
> 
A-x is undefined
> 
>>KeyPress event, serial 28, synthetic NO, window 0x800001,
>>     root 0x3a, subw 0x0, time 6331689, (166,-16), root:(172,11),
>>     state 0x0, keycode 64 (keysym 0xffe9, Alt_L), same_screen YES,
> 
>                                              ^^^^^ 
> 
> You're sure your Alt isn't mapped to A-<whatever> and ESC to
> M-<whatever>?  You're running Debian, and at least on mine, they are
> mapped like this.
> 
> Heike
Yes the mapping is what you describe. Esc+x works like M-x.
How could I change this?

Anakreon