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Re: macOS keybindings (alt in emacs vs alt in macOS)
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Daniel Martín |
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Re: macOS keybindings (alt in emacs vs alt in macOS) |
Date: |
Wed, 19 Apr 2023 14:59:14 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.2 (darwin) |
"l@tlo" <lists@traduction-libre.org> writes:
> I'm trying to set cursor/point navigation in emacs is a way that's similar to
> the standard macOS settings.
>
> I'm stuck at using alt/option + left-right as "left-word" / "right-word".
>
> I have (ns-alternate-modifier 'none), because I need access to access
> special non ascii characters, but that means that alt/option is then
> ignored by Emacs, when I need A-<right> and A-<left> (and a few
> others) for my setting.
>
> Is there a way to have Emacs accept Alt as a modifier key in some defined
> contexts only and ignore it otherwise?
Could you set ns-right-alternate-modifier to 'none? That'd free the
right Option key to enter non-ASCII characters, while you could use the
left one to navigate by words.