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Re: Changing Meta key M-x from Escape key
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Xah |
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Re: Changing Meta key M-x from Escape key |
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Wed, 5 Nov 2008 08:50:37 -0800 (PST) |
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On Nov 4, 11:26 pm, Vidyuth Kini <vuk...@gmail.com> wrote:
> hi,
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> I have been using Emacs for some time now but get very irritated with having
> to use esc-x for M-x as my terminal has no Meta key.
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> I am using a MacBook Pro, and running Emacs under Terminal. in BASH.
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> How can i configure emacs to recognize alt-x, or fn-x (or any other
> combination) for M-x as using escape causes me problems.
In Terminal, pull the menu “Terminal‣Window Settings...”, then
“Keyboard”, then check the checkbox “Use opiton as meta key”, then
click “Use setting as default”.
As far as i know, it is impossible to set Cmd as meta. (not sure about
OS X 10.5 though. Am still using 10.4)
Xah
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