Path: utzoo!yunexus!geac!syntron!jtsv16!uunet!peregrine!elroy!ames!necntc!ima!haddock!karl
From: karl@haddock.ima.isc.com (Karl Heuer)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Re: Using an <alt> key instead of an <esc> prefix.
Keywords: <alt> <esc> PC unipress
Message-ID: <7049@haddock.ima.isc.com>
Date: 6 Sep 88 19:52:09 GMT
Article-I.D.: haddock.7049
References: <156@serene.CTS.COM>
Reply-To: karl@haddock.ima.isc.com (Karl Heuer)
Organization: Interactive Systems, Boston
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In article <156@serene.CTS.COM> rfarris@serene.CTS.COM (Rick Farris) writes:
>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>.

Emacs binds M-d (ESC d) and C-M-d (ESC Ctrl-d) to different functions.  Does
your keyboard distinguish between Alt-d and Ctrl-Alt-d?  Mine doesn't.

Karl W. Z. Heuer (ima!haddock!karl or karl@haddock.isc.com), The Walking Lint