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Re: a) What ways can Meta be put in a command?... b) What's the differen
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Pascal J. Bourguignon |
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Re: a) What ways can Meta be put in a command?... b) What's the difference between Esc-x and M-x |
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Fri, 05 Jul 2013 23:03:33 +0200 |
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Emanuel Berg <embe8573@student.uu.se> writes:
> Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE> writes:
>
>>> b) What's the difference between Esc-x and M-x
>>
>> In a terminal emulation M-x does not exist, you have to use
>> Esc-x. The GNU Emacs variants with some windowing support also
>> support the Esc-x work-around.
>
> On paleo-computers, was the Escape key placed anywhere else than
> it is on today's keyboards? The reason I ask is - well, just try
> hitting a couple of familiar shortcuts, but instead of Meta, use
> Escape. I think it would take a master at the accordion to be
> productive using that.
Yes, some early keyboards had instead of TAB:
http://www.pdp8.net/asr33/pics/kbd_top.shtml?large
Notice that it is also C-[
So you can type C-[ x or M-x or ESC x
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