From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Peter Lee Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: how to customize Alt key for emacs on windows xp Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 18:15:02 GMT Organization: x Message-ID: References: <1138635216.941306.81310@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1138646121 19744 80.91.229.2 (30 Jan 2006 18:35:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 18:35:21 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jan 30 19:35:13 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1F3dr1-0002tl-EG for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 30 Jan 2006 19:34:21 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1F3dtz-0006sT-GY for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 30 Jan 2006 13:37:23 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!newscon06.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.net!newsmst01b.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssvr12.news.prodigy.com.POSTED!404941e6!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (windows-nt) Cancel-Lock: sha1:Vk/Dwq/zeOz0ft5Ffnn3pZX51So= Original-Lines: 15 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.194.80.196 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net Original-X-Trace: newssvr12.news.prodigy.com 1138644902 ST000 66.194.80.196 (Mon, 30 Jan 2006 13:15:02 EST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 13:15:02 EST X-UserInfo1: OH]YBTSEJCUYRTH]]ZN@_TDAYZOZ@GXOXZ^D]\YIJYWZUYICD^RAQBKZQTZTX\_I[^G_KGFNON[ZOE_AZNVO^\XGGNTCIRPIJH[@RQKBXLRZ@CD^HKANYVW@RLGEZEJN@\_WZJBNZYYKVIOR]T]MNMG_Z[YVWSCH_Q[GPC_A@CARQVXDSDA^M]@DRVUM@RBM Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:137298 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 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:32920 Archived-At: >>>> Badari Kakumani writes: > my emacs on windows xp thinks Alt key to be Meta key (escape key). > is there a way to tell my emacs to distinguish between the two? ,----[ C-h v w32-alt-is-meta RET ] | w32-alt-is-meta is a variable defined in `C source code'. | Its value is t | | Documentation: | Non-nil if the alt key is to be considered the same as the meta key. | When nil, Emacs will translate the alt key to the Alt modifier, and not Meta. | | [back] `----