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From: Derek.Beatty@UNH.CS.CMU.EDU
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Subject: 18.54.1: ESC M-0 discards the zero
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Date: 19 Sep 89 17:02:03 GMT
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I'm running 18.54.1 under X11R3 (not DECwindows) on a pmax running
Mach.  When I hit  ESC  then type  M-0  (that's a zero not an Oh), I get
the 'Eval: ' prompt in the minibuffer.  In other words, the zero of my
meta-zero is discarded.  I think this is wrong, because when I type
ESC  then  M-0  it's because I'm already confused: I thought I was in
incremental search and terminated it with  ESC  then typed  M-0  in
preparation for  C-L  to scroll point to the top of the window.  Emacs
shouldn't add to my confusion by silently discarding a key that I
really pressed.  Perhaps it should keep the zero so that I have some
chance of realizing what I've done without resorting to  C-H l.
Or perhaps  ESC M-<anything>  should signal an error and ring the bell.
Silently throwing away the user's keystrokes is never right.

 -- Derek Beatty