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From: wolfgang@mgm.mit.edu (Wolfgang Rupprecht)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs,gnu.emacs
Subject: Re: Help with .emacs file
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Date: 3 Feb 89 04:10:09 GMT
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In article <17851@vax5.CIT.CORNELL.EDU> jhc@Vax5.CIT.Cornell.EDU ( ) writes:
>I'm trying to set up an .emacs file for one of my accounts.  I'm having
>trouble getting the syntax for the set-variable command correct.  I've tried:
>set-variable meta-flag 1
>set-variable meta-flag=1
>and some other variations.  None have worked.

first put this in your .emacs file:
	(setq meta-flag t)

then go out and buy:

	"Lisp", Winton and Horn, Adison and Wesly 1984

and figure out what it is you just did.  (Your'll be happy you did.)

-wolfgang
Wolfgang Rupprecht	ARPA:  wolfgang@mgm.mit.edu (IP 18.82.0.114)
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