Re: macOS keybindings (alt in emacs vs alt in macOS)

[Daniel Martín]

"l@tlo" <lists@traduction-libre.org> writes:

> I'm trying to set cursor/point navigation in emacs is a way that's similar to 
> the standard macOS settings.
>
> I'm stuck at using alt/option + left-right as "left-word" / "right-word".
>
> I have (ns-alternate-modifier 'none), because I need access to access
> special non ascii characters, but that means that alt/option is then
> ignored by Emacs, when I need A-<right> and A-<left> (and a few
> others) for my setting.
>
> Is there a way to have Emacs accept Alt as a modifier key in some defined 
> contexts only and ignore it otherwise?

Could you set ns-right-alternate-modifier to 'none?  That'd free the
right Option key to enter non-ASCII characters, while you could use the
left one to navigate by words.