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From: rfarris@serene.CTS.COM (Rick Farris)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Using an <alt> key instead of an <esc> prefix.
Keywords: <alt> <esc> PC unipress
Message-ID: <156@serene.CTS.COM>
Date: 5 Sep 88 20:23:55 GMT
Organization: Serenity BBS, Del Mar, Ca.
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Can anyone tell me how I can use my alt-key on my pc instead of <esc>
prefixes? I would really like to be able to substitute say <alt><d>
for delete-word for <esc>-<d>.  

My preference is not so much the choice of keys, as it is that <alt><d>
is one keystroke, whereas <esc>-<d> is two.  In order to delete several
words with the <alt><d> combination, I can hold down the <alt> key and
tap the <d> key until I've deleted the number of words I want.  To
perform the same task with the <esc>-<d> combination, I must alternate 
between the <esc> (actually <ctrl><[>) key and the <d> key.

Predictably, I find the <alt> key to be preferable for all of the
<esc>-prefix commands.

I suppose that the <esc>-<v> sequence would have been a better 
example -- if I could just use <alt><v> to back up pages, it would
be much like <ctrl><v> for moving forward pages...

In particular, I'm using Unipress Emacs under Xenix 286 v2.2, but I 
expect my question is somewhat generic.

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