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From: peter@sugar.UUCP (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.editors,comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Misbehavior in Jove
Summary: Speaking of Meta keys...
Message-ID: <2146@sugar.UUCP>
Date: 18 Jun 88 16:42:22 GMT
References: <1618@iscuva.ISCS.COM>
Organization: Sugar Land UNIX - Houston, TX
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In article <1618@iscuva.ISCS.COM>, jimc@iscuva.UUCP writes:
> I have never had any problem here -- I just lean on the Meta (Alt) key and 
> type BC.  Word's capitalized and I'm back where I was.  A real meta key is
> sure nice!  (A pair's even better, one on each end of the spacebar.)

Why don't any of the Micro emacses implement REAL meta keys? Both the IBM-PC
and the Amiga have these nice ALT keys in a real convenient spot, just ready
for use as a metakey. Do the implementors really prefer hitting ESC, or have
they just forgotten that ESC is just a kludge?
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