Re: disabling esc as prefix

>  > Could anyone suggest how I could disable ESC from being 
>  > a prefix? 
> 
> You don't want to do this...... but here is how it is done:
> 
>     (setq meta-prefix-char -1)

Thank you vert much Sean! This worked wonders. IMHO, a great usability improvement for those who also work with other programs besides XEmacs (where non-prefix ESC is the norm).

> WARNING: This *will* cause you grief. For example, in a console based
> XEmacs, cursor keys will not work (they contain an ESC).

Is there any other problems besides console keys? So far my testing (under X of course) reveals nothing suspicious. I never run XEmacs in a console, and I think I'm not alone. I do not suggest disabling esc as prefix in the default install, of course, but I do think that the meta-prefix-char trick needs more advertising. For example, it could be included in the FAQ. Here's what I put in my init.el:

(when (console-on-window-system-p)
  (setq meta-prefix-char -1)
  (global-set-key '(escape) 'keyboard-escape-quit))

Now I can escape anything with single esc, and thanks to console-on-window-system-p, console-based XEmacs is not broken.

Thanks,
--bb
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