Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site umcp-cs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!umcp-cs!chris From: chris@umcp-cs.UUCP (Chris Torek) Newsgroups: net.emacs Subject: Re: Concepts with almost-META keys Message-ID: <3083@umcp-cs.UUCP> Date: Thu, 7-Feb-85 21:03:42 EST Article-I.D.: umcp-cs.3083 Posted: Thu Feb 7 21:03:42 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 9-Feb-85 08:54:48 EST References: <229@uwstat.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: U of Maryland, Computer Science Dept., College Park, MD Lines: 14 Actually, if you're using Gosling Emacs, a true meta key will act exactly as your pseudo-meta key (in fact you may *have* a true meta key). There is only one place in the entire source that reads input from the terminal, and it translates meta-foo into ESC-foo. While the problem is potentially repairable by changing Emacs to have full 256-entry keymaps, we decided not to even attempt *that*. Instead, we modified undo and incremental search to use an Emacs variable to control which key(s?) terminate the undo or search. Set this to ^G (or whatever you prefer), and meta keys "work" again. -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 4251) UUCP: {seismo,allegra,brl-bmd}!umcp-cs!chris CSNet: chris@umcp-cs ARPA: chris@maryland