From: Eric J Haywiser <ejh1@MIT.EDU>
To: Detlef Steuer <detlef.steuer@hsu-hamburg.de>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: beginner tries to convert to org-mode
Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 17:09:54 -0500 (EST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.64L.0711051707280.29064@scrubbing-bubbles.mit.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20071105155403.0a921685@gaia.unibw-hamburg.de>
> But all promoting or demoting commands do not work as advertised.
> I get i.e. ESC <S-right> undefined etc.
Alt-S-right seems to work for me while Esc-S-right just beeps.
Perhaps that and this excerpt from emacs info will help to clear things up?
Another Emacs character-set extension is additional modifier bits.
Only one modifier bit is commonly used; it is called Meta. Every
character has a Meta variant; examples include `Meta-a' (normally
written `M-a', for short), `M-A' (not the same character as `M-a', but
those two characters normally have the same meaning in Emacs),
`M-<RET>', and `M-C-a'. For reasons of tradition, we usually write
`C-M-a' rather than `M-C-a'; logically speaking, the order in which the
modifier keys <CTRL> and <META> are mentioned does not matter.
Some terminals have a <META> key, and allow you to type Meta
characters by holding this key down. Thus, `Meta-a' is typed by
holding down <META> and pressing `a'. The <META> key works much like
the <SHIFT> key. Such a key is not always labeled <META>, however, as
this function is often a special option for a key with some other
primary purpose. Sometimes it is labeled <ALT> or <EDIT>; on a Sun
keyboard, it may have a diamond on it.
If there is no <META> key, you can still type Meta characters using
two-character sequences starting with <ESC>. Thus, you can enter `M-a'
by typing `<ESC> a'. You can enter `C-M-a' by typing `<ESC> C-a'.
<ESC> is allowed on terminals with <META> keys, too, in case you have
formed a habit of using it.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-11-05 22:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-11-05 14:54 beginner tries to convert to org-mode Detlef Steuer
2007-11-05 22:09 ` Eric J Haywiser [this message]
2007-11-05 22:24 ` William Henney
2007-11-06 9:26 ` Detlef Steuer
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