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From: hdm@demon.net (Dominic Mitchell)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Emacs META?
Date: Sun, 22 Jun 1997 07:51:18 GMT
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Earlier, Nathan V. Patwardhan <nvp@shore.net> wrote:
> 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.

I think he means holding down "ALT" and "f" at the same time to get M-f,
instead of doing "ESC", then "f", which is onconvenient for some people.

-Dom
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