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		spauldo 7 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Using Microsoft's New CLI Text Editor on Ubuntu American Emacs-using touch typists use right ALT all the time. ALT-x prompts you for a command, ALT-q in most modes runs fill-paragraph, ALT-f moves the cursor forward by one word, etc.

thaumasiotes 7 months ago [–]

When I want alt in emacs I use C-[.

spauldo 7 months ago | [–]

I suspect you're in the minority there.

thaumasiotes 7 months ago | | [–]

I can believe that.

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