Re: How can I stop Emacs from messing up my code by changing case

[Kevin Rodgers]

anne001 wrote:
> I am using gnu emacs november 2005, 22.0.50.1
> for mac
> I tried C-h b and got a whole list of bindings! nothing about
> capitalization there.
>
> I found the apple C binding for capitalization in this list
> http://otn.oracle.com/jdeveloper/help/__inl.inline.true/__inl.topic.ide_rkeymapemacs_html/__inl.html
> apple C seemed the most likely culprit
>
> and apple C does behave to capitalize words and it does turn GLUT into
> Glut
>
> I can  bind apple C to nothing, but if I restart emacs, the new binding
> is forgotten. 
> So I don't have a permanent fix for now

I'm not a Mac user, but Googling leads me to suggest that you put this
in your ~/.emacs file:
(setq mac-command-key-is-meta nil)

You might also be interested in Easymacs:
http://www.dur.ac.uk/p.j.heslin/Software/Emacs/Easymacs/index.php

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Kevin Rodgers