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From: v087mxgb@ubvmsa.cc.buffalo.edu (Shawn E Thompson)
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Subject: Re: meta key redefined?
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In article <56248@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU>, haozhou@acsu.buffalo.edu (Hao Zhou) writes...
> 
>I am just curious about if it is possible to redefine meta key in
>emacs. For example, define ALT key as the meta key.
> 
>Any comments will be highly appreciated. 
> 
>	Hao
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Sure you can......in PC Emacs you just UNBIND-KEY <esc>
then BIND-TO-KEY META-PREFIX <whatever key you want>



so, in standard key mappings for MicroEmacs, it would be;



   <esc>   ^K            <esc>

   ^^^^^^^^^^ ---- this is UNBIND KEY



then



   <esc>    K           <whatever key you want>






I don't suggest the ALT key, because that is a whole 
series of supported function keys that use it (you
can have F1   F2    ^F1    ^F2   shift-F1   ALT-F1   etc)



tilde's (~) are pretty useless, how about using that??



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