Hi,

Stefan Monnier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>> Typing M-x yields the `ø' ("o slash") character instead of running
>> `execute-extended-command'.
>
> This is because your terminal sends the exact same byte sequence (in this
> case it's actually a single byte) when you type M-x as when you type ø, so
> Emacs has no way to distinguish the two: it chooses to interpret the byte as
> ø here (which messes up the M-x case) and you could tell it to interpret it
> as M-x (which would mess up the ø case).

I see, thanks for the clarification!

> Indeed, that's the right solution because it tells your Terminal to use
> different byte-sequences for the two different cases.

Understood.

Thanks,
Ludovic.

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