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Hi Xah,
>>>>> "Xah" == Xah <xahlee@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
Xah> On Jul 29, 3:25 pm, Andreas Eder <andreas_e...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi Xah,
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>> >>>>> "Xah" == Xah <xah...@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
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Xah> I don't see my suggestion for emacs to adapt the “Alt+‹key›” notation
Xah> should be classified as a “feature”. Between Feature and Bug, i'd say
Xah> it's a bug, if forced.
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Xah> Remember, in my article
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Xah> “Emacs's M-‹key› Notation vs Alt+‹key› Notation”
Xah> http://xahlee.org/emacs/modernization_meta_key.html
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Xah> The main reasons i gave are:
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Xah> • Universally understood
Xah> • Identical To Key's Label
Xah> • Meta is Alt in practice
Xah> • Keyboards don't have Meta key today
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>> But this just plain wrong! My Alt key does *not* generate Meta but
>> Alt (what a surprise) and I have a different key that generates
>> Meta. Meta is not Alt, not even in practice.
Xah> Did you customize your emacs?
No, that hasn't got anything to do with emacs. It is a question of
keyboard drivers and X11 keymaps. I did not change anything
related to keys in emacs.
I even have super and Hyper keys by the way.
Xah> My argument is applied to default emacs on Windows, Mac OS X, and
Xah> Linux...
Xah> Also, what keyboard and OS are you on?
It is a cherry linux keyboard and the OS is FreeBSD.
But as I already said, it hasn't got anything to do with that. It
is merely a question of setting up the right keyboard drivers and
layouts and you have your keys as you like them in any application
not just emacs.
'Andreas
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