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Re: Binding meta and arrow


From: Stefan Monnier
Subject: Re: Binding meta and arrow
Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 11:49:52 -0400
User-agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux)

> I'm trying to make emacs bind "M-arrow" to things.
> I know other applications can use the key combination in the same
> environment (on the console, using putty and screen) and it seems emacs
> itself can handle it; when I go "C-h c M-left" it says "ESC <left> is
> undefined"

Although "ESC a" is equivalent to "M-a", this is not true of function keys
like "left" where "M-left" is not the same as "ESC left".


        Stefan



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