On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 08:21:49PM -0800, Rupa Schomaker wrote:
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| dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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| > Surely it would, but at least vim doesn't require me to press it
| > repeatedly for each command <0.5 wink>. (run emacs on a solaris box
| > and X host it on a PC and tell me how to press "meta" ;-))
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| Not that I want to add real info, but...
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| If you have a decent X host on your PC, hold down the ALT key for
| meta. This should work 100% if
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| 1) your X on your pc is setup to pass the alt to the X app and not to
| windows. (this is in the input control panel for Exceed for
| instance).
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| 2) You are running emacs (or Xemacs) as a X app and not in a term.
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| If you are running emacs in a terminal (not as an X app) then you need
| some cooperation from your xterm. Again, on solaris this should
| generally map to your alt key for meta.
The problem I had was on Solaris "meta" is the black diamond key next
to alt. The PC has no such key. If "alt" is sent to Solaris, so
what? Solaris doesn't treat "alt" as meta.
| Last resort, pressing escape and then the character you want will work
| all the time. So, if you want M-f (meta forward) you can either hit
| ALT-f or ESC f.
Yeah, but that is part of the complaint -- pressing ESC repeatedly (if
there is more than one M- key) for each command.
I have given emacs a fair chance, and it even got its chance before
vim did. I have settled the matter, for myself at least :-).
-D
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