Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 10:45:28 +0300 From: "Eli Zaretskii" Sender: halo1 AT zahav DOT net DOT il To: Nick Message-Id: <7263-Wed19Sep2001104527+0300-eliz@is.elta.co.il> X-Mailer: Emacs 20.6 (via feedmail 8.3.emacs20_6 I) and Blat ver 1.8.9 CC: djgpp AT delorie DOT com In-reply-to: <3BA49CF7.507CB80A@yahoo.com> (message from Nick on Sun, 16 Sep 2001 08:37:11 -0400) Subject: Re: Some installation questions References: <3BA3D361 DOT 5CE10F36 AT yahoo DOT com> <3BA49CF7 DOT 507CB80A AT yahoo DOT com> Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com X-Mailing-List: djgpp AT delorie DOT com X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com Precedence: bulk > From: Nick > Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp > Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2001 08:37:11 -0400 > > > I assumed that the M refers to an ESC > > keypress, from long ago encounters with EMACS. > > M means alt. Actually, it means both, in the sense that pressing "ESC x" produces the same effect as "Alt-x".