Re: Upcoming loss of usability of Emacs source files and Emacs.

[Andy Moreton]

On Tue 16 Jun 2015, Tassilo Horn wrote:

> Paul Eggert <address@hidden> writes:
>
>>> But we're still referring to a function argument `foo' as FOO in
>>> docstrings, no?
>>
>> Yes, there's no proposal to change that.
>
> I was just wondering because the quoted text said to quote lisp symbols
> with single quotes, and parameters are lisp symbols, too, or arent they?
>
>>> is there something better for inserting single quotes as using
>>>
>>>    M-x insert-char LEFT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK RET
>>>    M-x insert-char RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK RET
>>
>> I typically use Electric Quote mode, and type ` and ' which is pretty
>> easy.
>
> I just did `M-x electric-quote-mode RET' and `electric-quote-paragraph'
> is t, and still nothing is rewritten.  Ah, it seems it's only active for
> modes deriving from text-mode which message-mode apparently doesn't
> do...
>
>> You can also type "C-x 8 [" and "C-x 8 ]".
>
> That works.
>
>> If your Alt key works you can also type "A-[" and "A-]".
>
> What does "Alt key works" mean?  Alt is Meta here, so typing Alt-AltGr-(
> says M-[ is undefined.

If you are using emacs on Windows, you need to check the values of:
    w32-alt-is-meta
    w32-lwindow-modifier
    w32-rwindow-modifier
    w32-apps-modifier
    w32-scroll-lock-modifier

The default mapping puts the ALT modifier on the Apps key.

    AndyM