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Re: Meta key for 'emacs -nw'



Bob Bernstein <poobah@ruptured-duck.com> writes:

> On Tue, 2 Feb 2016, Lisi Reisz wrote:
>
>> :-)  "There are no dumb questions.  Only dumb answers."
>
> Okay. Here's one -- I was going to post it in gnu.emacs.help, but you
> changed my mind! Emacs running in X honors Alt as its Meta key. But if
> I launch 'emacs -nw' to avoid running in X that understanding (Meta ==
> Alt) evaporates. Perhaps I need to set something specific in my .emacs
> for the minibuffer?
>
> I've got amd64 Jessie running without systemd and icewm for X.

I've always used <esc> for <meta> -- you have to press-and-release, not
hold like for <shift> and <ctrl>, but it works for me in a window, with
-nw, and in console mode.  I'd actually been using it for a couple of
decades before I learned about <alt> for <meta>, and have never made the
switch.


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