Jonathan Epstein <address@hidden> writes:
> Hi,
>
> I use an application (Dragon NaturallySpeaking 5) which insists upon
> entering certain characters using an old DOS trick of holding down
> the Alt key and then pressing a numeric key combination on the
> numeric keypad (not to be confused with the numbers at the top of a
> regular keyboard). For example, Alt-0034 is used for a double-quote
> ("). Try this in WordPad ... it works.
>
> Is it possible to either:
>
> (a) get Emacs to entirely stay out of the way of the Alt key? I
> realize that things such as:
>
> (setq w32-pass-alt-to-system t)
>
> are a step in the right direction, but are insufficient
>
> OR
>
> (b) write some Elisp to correctly interpret these keystroke combinations?
(b) should be doable. Especially if the number of characters you need
to enter this way is small.
I am not sure exactly what your requirements are though, perhaps Cntl-Q
already offers what you need.