From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Christos Chryssochoidis Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Can't remap option key in Mac OS X Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:12:17 +0300 Message-ID: References: <268D920B-650A-4FCA-96CA-012B26566757@Web.DE> NNTP-Posting-Host: dough.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1207250003 23152 80.91.229.10 (3 Apr 2008 19:13:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 19:13:23 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Nikolaj Schumacher Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 03 21:31:00 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by dough.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JhV8z-0000rn-SB for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 03 Apr 2008 21:30:42 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JhUrp-0008W6-HU for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:12:57 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JhUrQ-0008ON-0d for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:12:32 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JhUrO-0008MC-6N for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:12:31 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JhUrO-0008M6-1v for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:12:30 -0400 Original-Received: from gv-out-0910.google.com ([216.239.58.191]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JhUrO-0005Kc-37 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:12:30 -0400 Original-Received: by gv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id y18so871986gvf.17 for ; Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:12:28 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:user-agent:mime-version:content-type:from; bh=srEYlqzDX1hFQwgbo8T59iaGme9XDXz15Ax6Umcaxp0=; b=U9wt1vkCcx1bLEz00KF5CLv4rBs8GWAQHIOLBpgplE19uq+EYlxbLVyaWj6lkHJtUUpF8IZweYGTAPeS1+V6EfBr/tHbbWjq29wCVpjrD7ee84smEiO1yrnQMWp1YZ+TmWUu3Gg8rHiYqtKArj1QmG+M0zecNEkSH4ahkX5Q8Kw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:user-agent:mime-version:content-type:from; b=FAQ6l3p5xSWwoKPJBocknhwczFgOr9lvqYwPZet20yko8o9f4F3CFk26gmD3PCWsNAMIy3IRnQEcI52XE7TyLOkFvYQbb34vgedYbuJApbZXGc0UBkSTQPQ5xFeMU8zkCfhJLhWGj3Z3uR1rpudYLazThuzyoHn9lqhGWX66SDg= Original-Received: by 10.78.187.14 with SMTP id k14mr707403huf.37.1207249947760; Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:12:27 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from ChristosComputer.local ( [77.49.47.237]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id s10sm4926881mue.15.2008.04.03.12.12.22 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:12:26 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: (Nikolaj Schumacher's message of "Thu\, 03 Apr 2008 19\:26\:13 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1.91 (darwin) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Google Wireless Transcoder (1) 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:53024 Archived-At: Nikolaj Schumacher writes: > Peter Dyballa wrote: > >> Am 28.03.2008 um 15:05 schrieb Christos Chryssochoidis: >>>> Do you mean /usr/bin/emacs? I don't think that you can do anything like that >>>> you intend with it ... >>>> >>> >>> Yes, I meant the command line emacs. In the Emacs manual that I have >>> it says something like that in Appendix F.1 "Keyboard and Mouse Input >>> on Mac". >> >> Even if this version (or any other) of GNU Emacs knows about the variables >> mac-pass-option-to-system and mac-option-modifier it's not likely that you >> could achieve what you try: Emacs runs in Terminal as a guest. The host, >> Terminal, xterm, whatsoever, receives all (modified) input first. > > Exactly. Terminal.app turns the option key into a meta key. It even > has a preference setting "Use option as meta key". If that is disabled > /usr/bin/emacs should work as expected by the original poster out of the > box. > > > regards, > Nikolaj Schumacher Indeed, deselecting "use option key as meta key" in the preferences of Terminal.app, makes the option key act as it normally does in other applications, that is not as meta. Thanks very much for pointing out this. Regards, Christos Chryssochoidis