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From: nvp@shore.net (Nathan V. Patwardhan)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Emacs META?
Date: 22 Jun 1997 04:39:52 GMT
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Ken Mitton (mittonk@fiske.Colorado.EDU) wrote:
: I'm switching over from Linux, and am trying to get Emacs running.
: Currently, everything works except Alt won't work as Meta

I've been able to use both ESC and C-3 for meta in all versions of
Emacs since 19.x.  Why would you want to use Alt as meta, anyways?
Just wondering.

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Nathan V. Patwardhan
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