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Date:      31 Jan 2000 00:36:24 +0100
From:      Eric Jacoboni <jaco@titine.fr.eu.org>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: your mail
Message-ID:  <87g0vf169z.fsf@titine.fr.eu.org>
In-Reply-To: Giorgos Keramidas's message of "Mon, 31 Jan 2000 01:06:17 %2B0200"
References:  <00013013480000.05236@Bozo_3.BozoLand.domain> <20000131010617.B20258@hades.hell.gr>

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Giorgos Keramidas <charon@hades.hell.gr> writes:

> On Sun, Jan 30, 2000 at 01:45:20PM -0500, Walter Brameld wrote:
> >
> > Thanks to Burke Gallagher, I now have "Code Commander" working. My
> > question now is, what the heck is a "Meta" key? I've seen references
> > to this, but have no idea what it is.
> 
> Oh, just another name for Alt on some systems, ESC on others, etc.  I've
> even seen keyboards with a special 'Meta' key on them!!!
> 
> Try using ESC where Meta is referenced and see if it works.

On a PC, <Alt> is better than <ESC>, IMHO, as the latter works like "<ESC>
_then_ a Key" while the former works like "<Alt> _and_ a Key" (like
<Ctrl> do).

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Éric Jacoboni       « No sport, cigars! »  (W. Churchill)
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