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From: cox@Franz.COM (Charles A. Cox)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Meta key for emacs
Summary: Try (setq meta-flag t)
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Date: 22 Sep 89 19:31:36 GMT
References: <BATES.89Sep21205615@hera.stat.wisc.edu>
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In article <BATES.89Sep21205615@hera.stat.wisc.edu> bates@hera.stat.wisc.edu (Douglas Bates) writes:

>I haven't checked through all the documentation for release 1.0 yet to
>see if there is any mention of a meta key.  Could someone tell me if
>either the <Alternate> or the <Command> keys will work. (I tried both
>but neither seemed to work.)  I suppose I could get used to typing a
>lot of <ESC>'s but I am rather spoiled with using a meta key.

I can't answer your question about the Terminal application, but if you put
the form `(setq meta-flag t)' in your .emacs file, then the `Command' key
will function as Meta for emacs.

	Charley
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