Yes meta key come from Lisp Machine: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_key I guess we should have a look how Emacs solve this keybinding issue regarding multiple platforms. On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 9:29 AM, Guillermo Polito <guillermopolito@gmail.com> wrote:
Camillo introduced a while ago the meta modifier:
$a meta
$z meta shift
meta is sensitive to the current environment and is equivalent to what you where describing above: - command in mac - control in windows/unix
What should be done is to use it in the system :).
Guille
El lun., 25 de may. de 2015 a la(s) 2:16 p. m., Sean P. DeNigris <sean@clipperadams.com> escribió:
Great OP! We should get this straight for sure...
Nicolai Hess wrote
Yes, this is what I expected too. ... With that, I would expect "Character arrowLeft command" maps to Ctrl+Left for windows/linux Meta+Left for Mac (If Meta is the Command-Key on a Mac keyboard).
That makes sense to me. "command" seems like it may be the best abstract term. Hotkey already has a meaning (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard_shortcut), and it seems meta is used inconsistently by the platforms - i.e. Mac uses it for commands, but Windows uses ctrl instead. IIRC we already treat #option and #alt as synonyms...
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