> > When using Emacs on NetBSD, which key serves as the META key?
>
> Depends pretty strongly on what sort of keyboard you are using on what
> sort of machine. Is this an Amiga? A PC? A Sun? And for each of those,
> what keyboard are we talking about, and are you running under X or
> not?

I am running a console only NetBSD 1.5.2 on a PC.

> > According to the tutorial, it should be the "META or EDIT or ALT"
> > key but on my standard PC keyboard, I just have ALT, which doesn't
> > work. CTRL works fine. I know I can use ESC but I thought I would
> > ask first.
>
> If this is a PC, under X ALT might work, it probably won't work in an
> xterm rather than emacs under X directly, and on the console it
> depends on what flavor of console....

I'm running whatever is the default for NetBSD 1.5.2.


Jeff Flowers
jeffrey@jeffreyf.net

Happy NetBSD User