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Re: a) What ways can Meta be put in a command?... b) What's the differen


From: Peter Dyballa
Subject: Re: a) What ways can Meta be put in a command?... b) What's the difference between Esc-x and M-x
Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2013 21:16:13 +0200

Am 05.07.2013 um 21:03 schrieb Don Saklad:

>  What key is the Meta key?  PCs?... Macs?…

On the Mac it can be fn, ctrl, alt, cmd.

> 
> b) What's the difference between Esc-x and M-x

In a terminal emulation M-x does not exist, you have to use Esc-x. The GNU 
Emacs variants with some windowing support also support the Esc-x work-around.

--
Greetings

  Pete

Computers are good at following instructions, but not at reading your mind.
        - D. E. Knuth, The TeXbook, Addison-Wesley 1984, 1986, 1996, p. 9




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