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25.0.50; Alt-[ unavailable until C-x 8 [ used

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 21310 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#21310: 25.0.50; Alt-[ unavailable until C-x 8 [ used
Date: Fri, 04 Dec 2020 10:49:03 +0100

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> No, but you can use "C-x @ a" to "generate" the Alt modifier.

Ah, right.

In any case, I think it's pretty inconsistent that `C-x 8' will (as a
side effect) make the `Alt-' bindings available, so I think it makes
sense to preload iso-transl so that things are more consistent.

So I've now done this on the trunk.  If people strenuously object,
though, I'm not married to the idea.  But then I think this should be
fixed so that `C-x 8' does not define the `Alt-' keystrokes, because
that's just an odd and not very logical interaction. 

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