Re: some other questions from a VIM user

[Kai Großjohann]

wang yin <wy@wangyin.com> writes:

> 1. How can I move to the beginning of the first non-blank character fast 
> in Emacs?

M-m runs the command back-to-indentation

> 2. Why does my Meta key stopped functionning in this session? M-x can't 
> work now! I don't know what's special I have done. I just tried to bind 
> the open-line-a-la-vi function to C-j just now. Now M-e, M-a, M-x, 
> M-backspace, C-M-f, ... they don't work now. I know the problem will 
> be solved in my next run.

Try ESC x instead of M-x.

But maybe it's easiest to restart Emacs to see if the problem
persists.  When the problem is reproducible, then it makes sense to
look at why it happened.
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