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I'm working with Aquamacs on a Macbook with a German keyboard. I've set the "Meta & German" option to make the alt/option key work as Alt when needed, but as Meta otherwise. So far so good. Now I want to invoke a function that is bound to C-c [ (reftex-citation). Unfortunately, I have now clue about how to type this: On the German keyboard the square bracket is bound to Alt-5, but apparently after C-c the following alt/option is interpreted by Aquamacs as Meta (or something completely different), because when I type C-c followed by Alt-5 I get the message: ^C ⌥5 is undefined. Is there a way I can get the square bracket after C-c?

(In this specific case, I've simply rebound reftex-citation to another key, so no big deal, but I've met the problem in several variations now, so thought I'd find out what I'm doing or understanding wrongly.)

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  • What does this mean: "I've set the "Meta & German" option to make the alt/option key work as Alt when needed, but as Meta otherwise"? How is it decided "when needed"? – avp Apr 05 '11 at 12:22
  • Personally, for Aquamacs I have set EN layout despite the fact that I have DE keyboard and use RU for work... :) I just switch layouts when needed. – avp Apr 05 '11 at 12:25
  • Tag `german` removed as part of the [**2012 cleanup**](http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/128315/the-great-stack-overflow-tag-question-cleanup-of-2012). – Abhranil Das Apr 30 '12 at 12:16

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