Re: [cobalt-users] Emacs (Was: Re: mail-to resolved)

[Jens Kristian Søgaard <jens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > You can "shell out" from any program on a Linux/Unix box by pressing
C-z.
> > But in Emacs you also have the possibility of using a shell-mode.

> As I read.  Looks interesting.  Does this feature work in Windows, do
> you know?

Ehm, yes. Why should it not? :-)

> > Not, not at all. The Meta is a kind of modifier like you have the
"shift"
> > key. The special thing about the Meta key is, that it just adds 128 to
the
> > ASCII code of the key you're pressing. Pressing M-a would give a gode of
225
> > (dec) for example.

> I have no idea how the "windows" key works inside, but from a logical
> point of view, I see it as a Meta key.  I gave up on trying to learn

I disagree.

When you press the Windows key inside windows, the Start menu pops up.

I can't possible see, how you can compare that to a modifier key like the
function of the SHIFT-key?

> > and German -- and the Compose key is a very easy way to get umlauts,
> > accents, etc. It can also be used to find "hard" chars like the ? sign,
etc.

> I just got a "?" (question-mark); what do you mean by "hard"?

Hehe, that is because of the dumb 7-bit email stuff :-)

It was supposed to be a Euro-sign.


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