Also, I often refer to one of Emacs's standard commands by listing the
keys which you press to invoke the command and then giving the name of
-the command in parentheses, like this: @kbd{M-C-\}
+the command in parentheses, like this: @kbd{C-M-\}
(@code{indent-region}). What this means is that the
@code{indent-region} command is customarily invoked by typing
-@kbd{M-C-\}. (You can, if you wish, change the keys that are typed to
+@kbd{C-M-\}. (You can, if you wish, change the keys that are typed to
invoke the command; this is called @dfn{rebinding}. @xref{Keymaps, ,
-Keymaps}.) The abbreviation @kbd{M-C-\} means that you type your
-@key{META} key, @key{CTRL} key and @kbd{\} key all at the same time.
+Keymaps}.) The abbreviation @kbd{C-M-\} means that you type your
+@key{CTRL} key, @key{META} key, and @kbd{\} key all at the same time.
(On many modern keyboards the @key{META} key is labeled
@key{ALT}.)
Sometimes a combination like this is called a keychord, since it is
similar to the way you play a chord on a piano. If your keyboard does
not have a @key{META} key, the @key{ESC} key prefix is used in place
-of it. In this case, @kbd{M-C-\} means that you press and release your
+of it. In this case, @kbd{C-M-\} means that you press and release your
@key{ESC} key and then type the @key{CTRL} key and the @kbd{\} key at
-the same time. But usually @kbd{M-C-\} means press the @key{CTRL} key
+the same time. But usually @kbd{C-M-\} means press the @key{CTRL} key
along with the key that is labeled @key{ALT} and, at the same time,
press the @kbd{\} key.
with @kbd{C-u}, which is called the @dfn{universal argument}. The
@kbd{C-u} keychord passes an argument to the subsequent command.
Thus, to indent a region of plain text by 6 spaces, mark the region,
-and then type @w{@kbd{C-u 6 M-C-\}}. (If you do not specify a number,
+and then type @w{@kbd{C-u 6 C-M-\}}. (If you do not specify a number,
Emacs either passes the number 4 to the command or otherwise runs the
command differently than it would otherwise.) @xref{Arguments, ,
Numeric Arguments, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}.
commands to format the Lisp expression so it is easy to read. For
example, pressing the @key{TAB} key automatically indents the line the
cursor is on by the right amount. A command to properly indent the
-code in a region is customarily bound to @kbd{M-C-\}. Indentation is
+code in a region is customarily bound to @kbd{C-M-\}. Indentation is
designed so that you can see which elements of a list belong to which
list---elements of a sub-list are indented more than the elements of
the enclosing list.