Re: a) What ways can Meta be put in a command?... b) What's the difference between Esc-x and M-x

[Emanuel Berg]

Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE> writes:

>>  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.

On paleo-computers, was the Escape key placed anywhere else than
it is on today's keyboards? The reason I ask is - well, just try
hitting a couple of familiar shortcuts, but instead of Meta, use
Escape. I think it would take a master at the accordion to be
productive using that.

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