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I am ultimate beginner in emacs.. How to type commands that need shift key? For example: to type M-> i need to type "Meta key(Alt)" + "shift" + "." Hope I was clear.. I use US keyboard layout. All the best..

Alek
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  • From other comments it sounds like there's some keyboard confusion, but if you're running Emacs in a [Terminal](http://stackoverflow.com/a/11118511/324105) I suggest running it in GUI mode instead, to eliminate that as a compounding cause of confusion (at least until the initial problem is resolved). – phils Jun 29 '14 at 17:13
  • To add to what others have said: You need to find out what Emacs sees when you do `M-<` (when you hold Alt and Shift and hit the key labeled `<`). For that, use `C-h k` and then `M-<`. – Drew Jun 29 '14 at 19:35

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You press those keys as a chord, just like shift-alt-. You can also use Esc as a synonym for the meta key if you prefer that.

tripleee
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  • I doing that non stop and nothing happens.. It prints "Eval:" in the bottom of the terminal and I should type something.. – Alek Jun 29 '14 at 16:56
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    Sounds like you *don't* have a US keyboard. Shift-. is : on many European keyboards; M-: is `eval-expression`. – tripleee Jun 29 '14 at 17:08
  • You can use Esc as Meta, but it's important to note the difference in how it is used: `M-x` can be entered by *holding* Alt and pressing X, or by pressing Esc *and releasing it*, *then* pressing X. – ChrisGPT was on strike Jun 29 '14 at 17:16
  • You can get away from the `Eval:` prompt with C-g (and generally cancel most things in Emacs that way). – tripleee Jun 29 '14 at 17:21
  • @user3788088 Perhaps your input method doesn't match your keyboard. That happens to me often when I accidentally switch to Swedish. – molbdnilo Jul 01 '14 at 11:51
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To get M-> type first the "Alt" key and then the "Shift" key and the "." key at the same time.

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