haozhou@acsu.buffalo.edu (Hao Zhou) (01/26/91)
I am just curious about if it is possible to redefine meta key in emacs. For example, define ALT key as the meta key. Any comments will be highly appreciated. Hao -- Internet:haozhou@acsu.buffalo.edu BITNET:haozhou%acsu.buffalo.edu@UBVM.BITNET UUCP: rutgers!ub!haozhou
v087mxgb@ubvmsa.cc.buffalo.edu (Shawn E Thompson) (01/26/91)
In article <56248@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU>, haozhou@acsu.buffalo.edu (Hao Zhou) writes... > >I am just curious about if it is possible to redefine meta key in >emacs. For example, define ALT key as the meta key. > >Any comments will be highly appreciated. > > Hao >-- >Internet:haozhou@acsu.buffalo.edu BITNET:haozhou%acsu.buffalo.edu@UBVM.BITNET >UUCP: rutgers!ub!haozhou Sure you can......in PC Emacs you just UNBIND-KEY <esc> then BIND-TO-KEY META-PREFIX <whatever key you want> so, in standard key mappings for MicroEmacs, it would be; <esc> ^K <esc> ^^^^^^^^^^ ---- this is UNBIND KEY then <esc> K <whatever key you want> I don't suggest the ALT key, because that is a whole series of supported function keys that use it (you can have F1 F2 ^F1 ^F2 shift-F1 ALT-F1 etc) tilde's (~) are pretty useless, how about using that?? Shawn E. Thompson "..in the immortal words of my dog Shepp 'Kick ass USA!'.." v087mxgb@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu | set@autarch.acsu.buffalo.edu University @ Buffalo|Graduate School of Mechanical Engineering CAD Engineering|Leica, Inc.|PO Box 123|Buffalo, NY 14240-0123|(716)891-3375