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[Orgmode] Re: Using Alt as Meta
From: |
J. David Boyd |
Subject: |
[Orgmode] Re: Using Alt as Meta |
Date: |
Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:41:22 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.1100000000000003 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1 (cygwin) |
Dan Davison <address@hidden> writes:
> On Mon, Apr 07, 2008 at 04:46:17PM -0400, Chris Leyon wrote:
>> On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 4:16 PM, Dan Davison <address@hidden> wrote:
>> > Why is is that I have to use <Esc-Right> for org-metaright, and
>> > <Alt-Right> brings up the message: '<A-right> is undefined'? What's an
>> > appropriate way to
>> > tell org-mode to use Alt as Meta in this situation?
>> > Thanks!
>> > Dan
>>
>> Try putting `(setq x-alt-keysym 'meta)' in your .emacs
>
> Thanks, but that hasn't made a difference that I can see. <Alt-x> still
> functions as M-x but <Alt-Right/Left/Up/Down> bring up a message saying
> they're undefined,.
> I should have said, this is under
>
> GNU Emacs 22.1.1 (i486-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.12.0) of 2007-11-06 on
> terranova, modified by Ubuntu
> Org-mode version 5.23a
> Ubuntu
> Linux Tichodroma 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Tue Feb 12 07:42:25 UTC 2008 i686
> GNU/Linux
>
> Dan
>
What does C-h k show for those keys?
For example, under my emacs running under cygwin under windows vista (I know,
yuck),
C-h k follwed by <Alt-key right arrow> shows
<M-right> runs the command forward-word
Dave