What should "\M-" do in an 8 bit emacs?

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From: Tim Bradshaw
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1991 16:51

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I have recently installed emacs with a set of 8-bit patches.  This
gives a little problem because it breaks the identity of "\M-" and
"\e" as key sequence descriptions, and various packages I use use
"\M-".

Currently, reading "\M-" simply forces the high bit on on the
following character in a string.  I can easily change this so it just
gets read as a two character sequence starting with escape.  Obviously
this isn't the Right Thing To Do, but I can't afford to wait for a
real 8-bit Emacs.  However so long as it is only ever used for key
sequences it doesn't matter.

So: is anyone aware of any use of "\M-" for any purpose *other* than key
sequences?  Please mail me if you are!

--tim
Tim Bradshaw: tim@cstr.ed.ac.uk Internet: tim%ed.cstr@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk 
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