On 7 Dec 2009, at 11:15, Lauri Pesonen wrote: > 2009/12/4 Steve Purcell <st...@sanityinc.com>: >> >> Here's what I do (in Cocoa Emacs 23) to make 'option' work the same in Emacs >> as in other OS X apps: >> >> (setq mac-command-modifier 'meta) >> (setq mac-option-modifier 'none) >> (setq default-input-method "MacOSX") > > Hmm, I've tried to avoid doing this since I'm used to Option being the > Meta key (IIRC that's the default both in Cocoa Emacs and Aquamacs). > > I'm just surprised how no one seems to have a good answer for this. > I've googled for it and trawled through Stack overflow and all the > "solutions" are all hacks. The same issue comes up in Terminal where > in the settings you can bind Option to meta (you can then use emacsy > meta shortcuts like meta-f forward-word in the shell), but this will > again result in # not being available. Maybe switching to a US keymap > is the easiest way around this... It's just surprising to me that the > hash key, which is used in so many programming languages, is broken by > default on OS X in the UK.
That's why I always either buy US keyboards for programming, or (better) use a UK keyboard with a US keymap selected in OS X. Why better? Well, you get one extra key, and the ` and ~ chars end up in a better position, next to the left shift key. But you still end up needing Option to get "£" etc. in regular Cocoa applications, and since the OS X deadkey scheme is really nice, I value being able to use that scheme in Emacs above any preferences for Emacs' Meta key. Running Emacs in Terminal is a mess, then, as you say. -Steve -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
