Re: Meta key for 'emacs -nw'

[Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com>]

That, or use the escape key and it may be possible to restore that key 
binding for when emacs -nw is run so hitting alt works again.

On Mon, 1 Feb 2016, Nate Bargmann wrote:

> Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2016 22:28:50
> From: Nate Bargmann <n0nb@n0nb.us>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Meta key for 'emacs -nw'
> Resent-Date: Tue,  2 Feb 2016 03:29:08 +0000 (UTC)
> Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>
> * On 2016 01 Feb 20:07 -0600, Bob Bernstein wrote:
> > 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 don't have an answer, however, I am using Emacs -nw to type this
> message calling it from Mutt and running in Xfce Terminal and
> Alt-X. etc, works just fine.
>
> What I've not sat down and figured out is how to use Ctl-Left/Right to
> navigate word left/right but use Alt-B/F instead.  Even Bash will allow
> the Ctl variants.
>
> - Nate

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