From: Kevin Rodgers <kevin.d.rodgers@gmail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: rebinding ESC key
Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2007 00:40:03 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <fgrq4k$nj6$1@ger.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <987B5830-A657-490E-BFDE-454F37D50BA5@Web.DE>
Peter Dyballa wrote:
>
> Am 06.11.2007 um 09:48 schrieb Mike Mattie:
>
>> How do I map the ESC key without altering M- bindings ?
>
> Using C-ESC? Is there no other key available like PtSc, ScLk, SysRq,
> Brk, ...?
>
> The Esc and the Meta keys are somehow related to each-other. If a
> keyboard has no functioning Meta key, then pressing Esc and then key
> that would have been pressed together with the Meta key result to the
> same event in GNU Emacs.
You might try setting meta-prefix-char to a character other than ESC,
perhaps a character you can't even type on your keyboard. Then bind
that character to the ESC-prefix symbol.
--
Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-11-07 7:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-11-06 8:48 rebinding ESC key Mike Mattie
2007-11-06 10:25 ` Peter Dyballa
2007-11-07 7:40 ` Kevin Rodgers [this message]
2007-11-07 13:35 ` Mike Mattie
[not found] ` <mailman.3078.1194421225.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-11-10 20:13 ` don provan
2007-11-10 21:05 ` Amy Templeton
2007-11-11 10:50 ` B. Smith-Mannschott
[not found] <mailman.3032.1194339074.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-11-07 19:06 ` Johan Bockgård
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