Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site utah-gr.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!dcdwest!ittvax!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!cmcl2!philabs!pwa-b!utah-gr!thomas From: thomas@utah-gr.UUCP (Spencer W. Thomas) Newsgroups: net.emacs Subject: Re: Concepts with almost-META keys Message-ID: <1336@utah-gr.UUCP> Date: Fri, 8-Feb-85 15:31:32 EST Article-I.D.: utah-gr.1336 Posted: Fri Feb 8 15:31:32 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 11-Feb-85 05:07:12 EST References: <229@uwstat.UUCP> Reply-To: thomas@utah-gr.UUCP (Spencer W. Thomas) Distribution: net Organization: Univ of Utah CS Dept Lines: 15 Summary: In article <229@uwstat.UUCP> mikem@uwstat.UUCP writes: > ... Well, there isn't too much wrong except where the >escape has a special meaning. For example in an incremental search, ^A >will end the search and go to the beginning of line. But (my) Meta-A >will end the search and insert an A (rather than go to the beginning of >the sentence). So its a minor but common annoyance. > Note that this is the behaviour of Gosling/Unipress emacs even if you do have a real meta key. -- =Spencer ({ihnp4,decvax}!utah-cs!thomas, thomas@utah-cs.ARPA) <<< "Humor is the poetry of ideas that do not match." - Leonard Feeney >>>