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From: brown@galaxy.ee.rochester.edu (Eric Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Re: Using an <alt> key instead of an <esc> prefix.
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Date: 8 Sep 88 13:18:47 GMT
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In article <7049@haddock.ima.isc.com> karl@haddock.ima.isc.com (Karl Heuer) writes:
>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.

What Karl says is true.  I think the problem can be overcome though
through a very simple TSR.  As I understand it (correct me if I'm
wrong), the meta-key is supposed to set the msb-bit when a key is sent
to emacs.  If pc-emacs will take the same thing, a TSR can do the
trick.

After I get emacs for my pc, I will probably try and write it - look
for it here in about two months.

-Eric Brown.
ee.rochester.edu