From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail
From: Micah Cowan <micah@cowan.name>
Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help
Subject: Re: Escape key is dead.  Workaround?
Date: 19 Nov 2003 16:23:00 -0800
Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org
Message-ID: <m3u14znb17.fsf@localhost.localdomain>
References: <004b01c3aed8$bd1cdc20$f201a8c0@MIKEOFFICE>
	<mailman.284.1069280673.399.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1069288666 28464 80.91.224.253 (20 Nov 2003 00:37:46 GMT)
X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org
NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 00:37:46 +0000 (UTC)
Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Nov 20 01:37:41 2003
Return-path: <help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org>
Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173])
	by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian))
	id 1AMcpI-0000sV-01
	for <geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org>; Thu, 20 Nov 2003 01:37:41 +0100
Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org)
	by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24)
	id 1AMdiG-0002Dy-RN
	for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 19 Nov 2003 20:34:28 -0500
Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.uchicago.edu!yellow.newsread.com!netaxs.com!newsread.com!feed2.newsreader.com!newsreader.com!newshosting.com!news-xfer1.atl.newshosting.com!posted2.newshosting.com!not-for-mail
Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help
User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1
Original-Lines: 16
Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 3daead25.news.calweb.com
Original-X-Trace: DXC=ncXQ1n`D2NV=PlNYHG29LT7gYX5fdemcP>In=J@d<g2WGhdERAfY;
	>Wk0^48\TGcOQEh9MkjOMZkY
Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@calweb.com
Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:118460
Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2
Precedence: list
List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor  <help-gnu-emacs.gnu.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs>,
	<mailto:help-gnu-emacs-request@gnu.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://mail.gnu.org/pipermail/help-gnu-emacs>
List-Post: <mailto:help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
List-Help: <mailto:help-gnu-emacs-request@gnu.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs>,
	<mailto:help-gnu-emacs-request@gnu.org?subject=subscribe>
Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org
Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:14401
X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:14401

"Eli Zaretskii" <eliz@elta.co.il> writes:

> > From: "MIke Solem" <mike@odyne.com>
> > Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 15:07:20 -0500
> > 
> > The escape key on my laptop no longer works.  This obviously seriously
> > limits my emacs usage ability.  Any way I can get around this?
> 
> Type C-[ instead.

You could also probably "unread" the ESC key event upon pressing
some other key (such as F1?) See the "unread-command-events" variable.

-- 
Micah J. Cowan
micah@cowan.name