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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
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Subject: Re: How does the Meta/Alt-Key work behind the scenes?
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> However, I was told to hardcode the Meta/Alt-Keybindings as ESC-key
> sequences, e.g. '^[', wait 500, then 'f', so that they can either be
> used as 'ALT-f' or as 'ESC f'. But only the latter (very uncomfortable)
> option works for me, and any keybindings that include the SHIFT key
> don't work at all.

What does "don't work" mean?


        Stefan