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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next prev parent 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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