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Meta key & emacs....

  • 30-01-2008 12:41pm
    #1
    Dave!
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    Hey folks,

    Trying to learn to use emacs now, and the alt/meta key isn't working for commands, so I have to press escape then the letter, rather than holding alt and pressing the letter.

    What's the problem? And how can I remedy it?

    I'm on OSX by the way.

    Cheers


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  • #2
    sobriquet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 413 ✭✭sobriquet


    DaveMcG wrote: »
    Hey folks,

    Trying to learn to use emacs now, and the alt/meta key isn't working for commands, so I have to press escape then the letter, rather than holding alt and pressing the letter.

    What's the problem? And how can I remedy it?

    I'm on OSX by the way.

    Cheers

    I don't know anything about getting it working on OSX, but there appears to be plenty of Mac users on www.emacswiki.org, I'd recommend starting off there.

    Funnily enough, on my MS Natural Keyboard, there's a 'menu' key between Alt Gr and Left Ctrl which was automatically configured to M-x for some reason. No idea why but it turned out to be very handy.


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