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"muthu kumar" <muththambi@gmail.com> writes:

> I'm having a strange issue. I'm fairly new to emacs and I recently
> found out that C-M-a takes you to the beginning of function. but C-M-a
> on my Kubuntu 7.04 installation doesn't work.  I tried debugging it
> with describe-key, pressed C-M-a and it acts as if I didn't press
> anything,

Sounds like the key is stolen by your window manager.

-- 
Johan Bockgård