Re: AltGr finger twisters documented?

[Jan D.]

> > > After an exchange of comments on the Emacs wiki, that left me   
> > > wondering...
> > >
> > > Is there any place in the Emacs documentation that explains that you
> > > *can* type C-M-@, C-@, C-M-\, C-\ and C-] on an AltGr-challenged
> > > keyboard, *provided* that you use the right order, i.e., AltGr,  
> > > right
> > > Ctrl, and then the modified key?
> > >
> > > For example, on my Spanish keyboard:
> > >
> > >    C-M-@ => AltGr RCtrl Alt 2
> > >    C-@   => AltGr RCtrl 2
> > >    C-M-\ => AltGr RCtrl Alt º
> > >    C-\   => AltGr RCtrl º
> > >    C-]   => AltGr RCtrl +
> > >
> > > It is non-obvious: it doesn't work if you press other key before
> > > AltGr, or if you use left control.
> >
> >
> >
> > I suspect this is keyboard dependent.  I do C-\ all the time with   
> > both right and left control, and I press Ctrl-AltGr-+ (hold down  
> > all  three keys at the same time, which I press first or last does  
> > not  matter) on my swedish keyboard (and add Alt to that, i.e. Alt- 
> > Ctrl- AltGr-+, gets me M-C-\, but it is not very ergonomic).  The  
> > trick  above does not work for me at all.
>
> What OS I you using? Which version of Emacs?

Well, GNU/Linux in many flavors, FreeBSD, Solaris, MacOSX (but there  
I have no idea how to get C-\).  A very recent (a few days old) CVS  
Emacs.

    Jan D.