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Improve indexing of modifier keys

* doc/emacs/commands.texi (User Input): Add index entry for
the Alt key serving as Meta.
* doc/emacs/custom.texi (Modifier Keys): Add index entries for
Alt, Super, and Hyper modifier keys.  (Bug#38315)
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Eli Zaretskii 2019-11-23 13:37:28 +02:00
parent 1265e94711
commit be779cf7b4
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@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ are certain characters found on non-English keyboards
@cindex C-
@cindex META
@cindex M-
@cindex Alt key, serving as Meta
Emacs also recognizes control characters that are entered using
@dfn{modifier keys}. Two commonly-used modifier keys are
@key{Control} (usually labeled @key{Ctrl}), and @key{Meta} (usually
@ -64,6 +65,8 @@ next character; instead, press @key{ESC} and release it, then enter
the next character. This feature is useful on certain text terminals
where the @key{Meta} key does not function reliably.
Emacs supports 3 additional modifier keys, see @ref{Modifier Keys}.
@cindex keys stolen by window manager
@cindex window manager, keys stolen by
On graphical displays, the window manager might block some keyboard

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@ -1919,6 +1919,12 @@ characters case-sensitive (even on non-graphical frames) when you
customize Emacs. For instance, you could make @kbd{M-a} and @kbd{M-A}
run different commands.
@cindex Alt, modifier key
@cindex Super, modifier key
@cindex Hyper, modifier key
@cindex s-
@cindex H-
@cindex A-
Although only the @key{Control} and @key{Meta} modifier keys are
commonly used, Emacs supports three other modifier keys. These are
called @key{Super}, @key{Hyper}, and @key{Alt}. Few terminals provide