EMACS key mapping problem

[Ken Brown]

On 6/10/2010 12:30 AM, Steven Woody wrote:
> On 9 June 2010 21:01, Ken Brown<kbrown@cornell.edu>  wrote:
>> On 6/9/2010 5:11 AM, Steven Woody wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> When I hit C-x C-c and intend to exit cygwin, but I get only an error
>>> message: "C-x C-g" is undefined.  What's the problem? And, How can I
>>> exit from emacs?
>>
>> You're probably running emacs in the Cygwin console.  If so, you have to
>> make sure your CYGWIN environment variable contains tty before you start the
>> console.  Alternatively (and better), run emacs in mintty or under X11.
>
> mintty did the job!  thanks.
>
>>
>>> Another related problem is,  when I hit the Alt-Shift-# and intend to
>>> launch the 'Calc' package, but only get 'M-# is undefined.  How do I
>>> know if the 'Calc' installed in my emacs? And, if not, how do I
>>> install it?
>>
>> Yes, it is installed in /usr/share/emacs/23.2/lisp/calc.  'info calc' gets
>> you the manual.
>
> I got see the directory: /usr/share/emacs/22.3/lisp/calc,  (note: it's
> 22.3, not  23.2).  But M-# still reports "M-# is undefined".  How to
> start the Calc?

If it's 22.3, then you haven't installed the current emacs.

I've never used Calc, but I took a quick glance at the manual ('info 
calc').  It tells you how to start it, how to get help, etc.

Ken

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