EMACS key mapping problem

[Steven Woody]

On 10 June 2010 20:06, Ken Brown <kbrown@cornell.edu> wrote:
> On 6/10/2010 12:30 AM, Steven Woody wrote:
>>
>> On 9 June 2010 21:01, Ken Brown<kbrown@cornell.edu>  wrote:
>>>
>>> On 6/9/2010 5:11 AM, Steven Woody wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> When I hit C-x C-c and intend to exit cygwin, but I get only an error
>>>> message: "C-x C-g" is undefined.  What's the problem? And, How can I
>>>> exit from emacs?
>>>
>>> You're probably running emacs in the Cygwin console.  If so, you have to
>>> make sure your CYGWIN environment variable contains tty before you start
>>> the
>>> console.  Alternatively (and better), run emacs in mintty or under X11.
>>
>> mintty did the job!  thanks.
>>
>>>
>>>> Another related problem is,  when I hit the Alt-Shift-# and intend to
>>>> launch the 'Calc' package, but only get 'M-# is undefined.  How do I
>>>> know if the 'Calc' installed in my emacs? And, if not, how do I
>>>> install it?
>>>
>>> Yes, it is installed in /usr/share/emacs/23.2/lisp/calc.  'info calc'
>>> gets
>>> you the manual.
>>
>> I got see the directory: /usr/share/emacs/22.3/lisp/calc,  (note: it's
>> 22.3, not  23.2).  But M-# still reports "M-# is undefined".  How to
>> start the Calc?
>
> If it's 22.3, then you haven't installed the current emacs.

After I did a updating for my cygwin, the directory name for the emacs
is now 23.2.

>
> I've never used Calc, but I took a quick glance at the manual ('info calc').
>  It tells you how to start it, how to get help, etc.

I checked with 'info calc', and learned the command to start should be
'C-x *'.  So, 'M-#' is incorrect, and was got from a manual on the
net.  Thanks!

>
> Ken
>
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