From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "B. T. Raven" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: no meta key in Windows Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 19:56:08 -0500 Organization: UseNetServer.com Message-ID: References: <67105$450ab1d5$49edec4$31838@DIALUPUSA.NET> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1158370832 19996 80.91.229.2 (16 Sep 2006 01:40:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2006 01:40:32 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Sep 16 03:40:31 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GOPAT-0000Zp-1w for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 16 Sep 2006 03:40:29 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GOPAS-0003iv-AM for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 15 Sep 2006 21:40:28 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news4.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!atl-c08.usenetserver.com!news.usenetserver.com!pc02.usenetserver.com!DIALUPUSA.NET!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@usenetserver.com Original-Lines: 77 Original-X-Trace: e73d9450b4a6ca13a859f04185 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:141782 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 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:37404 Archived-At: C-h k reports: for alt-delete M-d runs the command kill-word for alt-backspace M-DEL runs the command undo but this is because I have '(delete-selection-mode t nil (delsel)) '(pc-selection-mode t nil (pc-select) under custom-set-variables. If you just installed the binaries then you shouldn't have a .emacs initfile yet, but run emacs -q just to see if that helps. C- will probably run backward-kill-word. "Ryan Krauss" wrote in message news:mailman.6989.1158347481.9609.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org... > I typed w32-alt-is-meta into a scratch buffer and hit C-j and got > t > > So, I think I have a meta key. > > I alt-backspace does what alt-delete does on my keyboard at home (kill > previous word). How I make alt-del do what alt-backspace does? > > Thanks, > > Ryan > > On 9/15/06, B. T. Raven wrote: > > > > "Ryan Krauss" wrote in message > > news:mailman.6975.1158328063.9609.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org... > > > I am a Linux using running windows in my office somewhat against my > > will. > > > > > > I am having some trouble getting windows emacs to behave like the > > > emacs setup I have in Ubuntu. > > > > > > But my biggest problem right now is that I don't seem to have a meta > > > key. I installed emacs from: > > > > > > emacs-21.3-fullbin-i386.tar.gz > > > > > > and then ran addpm.exe. > > > > > > Is there something more I need to do? alt-delete just beeps at me and > > > doesn't kill the previous word. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Ryan > > > Ryan > > > > > > > > > > See if w32-alt-is-meta is nil. It should be t but I don't remember when > > this was set. It's not in my .emacs. > > > > Ed > > > > _______________________________________________ > > help-gnu-emacs mailing list > > help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org > > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs > > > >