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** Reply to note from Bogdan Taru <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 13:40:31 +0200
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> Hi everyone,
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> I'm a newbie to emacs, so please forgive my question (and I hope it's not
> off-topic, too...)
> All the docs I've read about emacs tell that Esc key is equivalent to the
> Alt key (and to the Meta key, which I've never met-yet). But consider this
> command: M-<. It's simple to do it with the Esc key: press Esc, release
> Esc, keep Shift down while gently touching < key. How can I do it with the
> Alt key??? (It would be more convenient, in terms of speed and comfort...)
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> Thank you and I hope you're going to have a Happy New Year!!!
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> Have fun,
> bogdan
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I was caught by this same thing. I finally gave up and I just use the ESC
key when the meta key is called for. Like in doing a cut and paste/replace-
I hit the Esc key, then I enter alt-%, and then the word or words to be
replaced. I follow that with the new text and hit enter. But the key to
remember here is that darn meta key. It is the Esc key and thats all there
is..!
What a life hey wha?
Ted Gervais 12/29/98 08:57am
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