Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!nrl-cmf!ukma!rayssd!raybed2!lah From: lah@raybed2.UUCP (LANCE HOLMES) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: ALT as Meta-key in microemacs - DONT!!!!!!! Summary: Zing!keys Message-ID: <1186@raybed2.UUCP> Date: 24 Jun 88 12:00:56 GMT References: <1618@iscuva.ISCS.COM> <2146@sugar.UUCP> <6684@cup.portal.com> <2159@sugar.UUCP> Organization: Raytheon Co., Bedford, Mass. Lines: 16 In article <2159@sugar.UUCP>, peter@sugar.UUCP (Peter da Silva) writes: > In article ... kasper@csli.STANFORD.EDU (Kasper Osterbye) writes: > > Peter da Silva complains: > > > >Why don't any of the Micro emacses implement REAL meta keys? Both the IBM-PC > > >and the Amiga have these nice ALT keys in a real convenient spot, just ready > > >for use as a metakey. Do the implementors really prefer hitting ESC, or have > > >they just forgotten that ESC is just a kludge? One solution, although I hate to sound like a commercial, is to use a program like Zing!keys where you can define Alt + somekey to send a different escape sequence. I purchased Zing!keys for use with Microemacs and it also allows you to use the keypad as a seperate key sequence. Lance Holmes