changeset 12647:b94ff6c62c5d

Explain CTRL-META chars and how to use ESC for them.

--- a/etc/TUTORIAL	Mon Jul 24 01:26:23 1995 +0000
+++ b/etc/TUTORIAL	Mon Jul 24 05:21:31 1995 +0000
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@
 You are looking at the Emacs tutorial.
 
 Emacs commands generally involve the CONTROL key (sometimes labelled
-CTRL or CTL) or the META key (sometimes labelled EDIT).  Rather than
+CTRL or CTL) or the META key (sometimes labelled EDIT or ALT).  Rather than
 write out META or CONTROL each time we want you to prefix a character,
 we'll use the following abbreviations:
 
  C-<chr>  means hold the CONTROL key while typing the character <chr>
 	  Thus, C-f would be: hold the CONTROL key and type f.
- M-<chr>  means hold the META or EDIT key down while typing <chr>.
-	  If there is no META or EDIT key, type <ESC>, release it,
+ M-<chr>  means hold the META or EDIT or ALT key down while typing <chr>.
+	  If there is no META key or equivalent, type <ESC>, release it,
 	  then type the character <chr>.  "<ESC>" stands for the
 	  key labelled "ESC".
 
@@ -753,6 +753,16 @@
 the cursor always in the window where you are editing, and edit
 there as you advance through the other window.
 
+C-M-v is an example of a CONTROL-META character.  If you have a real
+META key, you can type C-M-v by holding down both CTRL and META while
+typing v.
+
+It doesn't matter whether CTRL or META "comes first," because both of
+these keys act by modifying the characters you type.  But if you don't
+have a real META key, and you use ESC instead, the order does matter:
+you must type ESC followed by CTRL-v; CTRL-ESC v will not work.  This
+is because ESC is a character in its own right, not a modifier key.
+
 >> Type C-x 1 (in the top window) to get rid of the bottom window.
 
 (If you had typed C-x 1 in the bottom window, that would get rid