Re: Bye, bye, bash
- Reply: Kurt Hackenberg : "Re: Bye, bye, bash"
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Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2023 22:26:14 UTC
On Mon, Mar 27, 2023 at 11:13:32PM -0400, Kurt Hackenberg wrote: > Emacs normally treats the keyboard Alt keys as the modifier Meta, > but that may not work on a terminal or terminal emulator, and of > course bash always runs on a terminal. Emacs and bash have an > alternative -- instead of modifying a key with Meta, precede it with > the character Escape -- but that's slow to type, a real hindrance. Having just refilled your paragraph above with Esc Q , I can testify that while slower, it is also much less likely to cause RSI when used too often. :-) -- Ian