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Re: ESC vs Meta for shifted keys


From: Stefan Monnier
Subject: Re: ESC vs Meta for shifted keys
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2018 17:10:36 -0400
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux)

> It works for me because they perform the same result.  M-left and ESC
> left both move the point left a word.  M-right and ESC right both move
> the point right a word.

Try them in a R2L paragraph to see if you still think they "perform the
same result".

> I also pointed out that they were bound to different function but
> I think I adequately explained why they were bound to slightly
> different functions.  That is in order to support Shift Selection.
> (A feature that I never use by the way...)

I don't see what shift-selection has to do with it.
I think it's just a bug: when left-word and right-word were introduced
only one pair of bindings was updated and not the other.


        Stefan




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