Re: Opt/Fn as meta? (emacs on macs)

[Kevin Rodgers]

Sunder wrote:

> The Esc key is so small and so far on my powerbook that I am ready to
> try a different meta key. I want to understand how to do it, and if it
> can lead to any problems (I will be using Aqua as well as X11
> programs).

Remember that Esc and Meta are fundamentally different, even in a default
X11 configuration: Meta is a modifier key (like Ctrl or Alt) that is pressed
simultaneously with another key, whereas Esc is a prefix key that is pressed
before another key (in order to simulate the Meta-modified key).

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