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COMPOSE meta key generates space on DECstations in 18.58

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From: Martin Frost
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 04:24
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I've discovered that the COMPOSE key on various DECstations, in addition to
acting as the META key, causes an extra space to be "typed" at emacs.  This
must be a well known problem by now.  What's the cause/solution?  Thanks.

This is in emacs 18.58.  18.57 didn't have this problem.
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Martin Frost		Computer Science Department, Computer Facilities
Systems Programmer	Stanford University, Stanford, CA  94305-2140
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From: me@sunburn.stanford.edu (Martin Frost)
Subject: COMPOSE meta key generates space on DECstations in 18.58
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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 04:24:28 GMT
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