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From: posts@grierwhite.com (Christopher J. White)
Subject: Re: OSX Meta bound to Esc!
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 23:18:52 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m21xq1yhcj.fsf@bluesteel.grierwhite.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 140120041853024358%stupidnewsprogram@home.com


timmcn>  There's nothing preposterous about it.

eden>     Nothing?  Not even a little?  The Esc key is *not* even a real
eden> modifier key, it's in the upper left hand corner, (only), so even if
eden> it were a mod key, I'd have to type the "letter" with my thumb, it's
eden> completely tiny (...)

I've been using emacs for for than a decade and I've used nothing
*but* the Esc key for all M-<key> combinations.  I was actually
surprised to find out after years of use that it was possible to to
M-<key> another way.  I may be remembering incorrectly, but wasn't
Esc the original meta key in VT-100 days?

...cj

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  reply	other threads:[~2004-01-15  4:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-01-10  5:33 OSX Meta bound to Esc! zeppenwolf
2004-01-10  6:07 ` Phil Stripling
2004-01-10 16:57   ` Tim McNamara
2004-01-10  6:11 ` Tim McNamara
2004-01-15  2:53   ` Eden Smallwood
2004-01-15  4:18     ` Christopher J. White [this message]
2004-01-15  9:20       ` Konrad Hinsen
2004-01-15 14:55         ` Craig A. Finseth
2004-01-15 14:55         ` Tim McNamara
2004-01-16  0:04           ` Thomas F. Burdick
2004-01-16  4:22             ` Tim McNamara
2004-01-16  7:12               ` Thomas F. Burdick
2004-01-15  7:08     ` Arjan Bos

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