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Article #8220Re: MicroEMACS
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Date: Thu, 05 Jan 1989 14:43
Date: Thu, 05 Jan 1989 14:43
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in article <14312@srcsip.UUCP>, rogers@orion.SRC.Honeywell.COM (Brynn Rogers) says: > Summary: how do I get to use the alt key for the meta key > References: > > I have downloaded MicroEMACS ver 3.9 from the simtel archive, > but It makes me hit ESC then X for M-X. > I would much rather hit the ALT and X at the same time, like on unix > (on a SUN the LEFT and RIGHT keys are the same as the ALT key) Without some major modifications to the source it's a no go. The ALT key doesn't generate an ASCII character input whereas ESC does. Any key that sends in an character to the machine could be used for META, but ALT is just a shift key on a PC. MicroEMACS is the best Emacs I've seen other than GNU. The great thing about MicroEMACS is that you can have the same editor running both at home and at work. John H. Lawitzke UUCP: ...rutgers!mailrus!frith!fciiho!jhl Michigan Farm Bureau ...decvax!purdue!mailrus!frith!fciiho!jhl Insurance Group ...uunet!frith!jhl "My other computer is an IBM RT Model 135"
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!eecae!cps3xx!usenet From: usenet@cps3xx.UUCP (Usenet file owner) Newsgroups: comp.emacs Subject: Re: MicroEMACS Message-ID: <1436@cps3xx.UUCP> Date: 5 Jan 89 14:43:48 GMT References: <14312@srcsip.UUCP> Organization: Engineering, Michigan State U., E. Lansing MI Lines: 22