Re: Making ESC not a prefix key while keeping Alt = Meta

[Kevin Rodgers]

Yevgeniy Makarov wrote:
> Since in my Emacs Alt key functions as Meta key, I never have to use
> Esc to enter Meta-something. Though this breaks with the long-lasting
> Emacs tradition, I would like to make ESC key call keyboard-quit
> function, similar to Ctrl-g. Of course, I'd like to keep Alt = Meta. Is
> it possible to do so?

I think so:

(global-set-key "\0" (global-key-binding "\e"))
(setq meta-prefix-char ?\0)
(global-unset-key "\e")

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Kevin