Re: Strange characters produced by M-x in emacs -nw

[Pascal J. Bourguignon]

Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> writes:

> Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE> writes:
>
>> Am 17.09.2013 um 18:51 schrieb Harry Putnam:
>>
>>> `M-x' produces   'ø'
>>> `M-Shift + !' produces '¡'
>>> `M-shift + :  produces 'º'
>>
>> No! It's not M-x but certainly Alt-x.
>
> Well, yeah if we disregard yrs and and yrs of practice on this list
> and even in emacs and gnus manuals

And during all those years, I've typed ESC x to type M-x while I could
type Alt-x!  Oops, Alt-x produces: × not M-x!  Where have the years gone?

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