From 2f06413dfb3624381f112b7d8661fde659c279e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matt Wozniski <godlygeek@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2020 02:37:45 -0400
Subject: Treat unmapped ALT/META as ESC+c in all modes

In #8226 <A-x> and <M-x> were changed to behave like <Esc>x in insert
mode when no mapping exists. This commit backs out that change and
replaces it with a more general one that makes unmapped ALT and META
keypresses as <Esc>+char in all modes. This fixes an unnecessary and
confusing inconsistency between modes.
---
 runtime/doc/cmdline.txt | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

(limited to 'runtime/doc/cmdline.txt')

diff --git a/runtime/doc/cmdline.txt b/runtime/doc/cmdline.txt
index 163dc81804..f7a281cb88 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/cmdline.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/cmdline.txt
@@ -224,6 +224,10 @@ CTRL-[						*c_CTRL-[* *c_<Esc>* *c_Esc*
 		present in 'cpoptions', start entered command.
 		Note: If your <Esc> key is hard to hit on your keyboard, train
 		yourself to use CTRL-[.
+						*c_META* *c_ALT*
+		ALT (|META|) acts like <Esc> if the chord is not mapped.
+		For example <A-x> acts like <Esc>x if <A-x> does not have a
+		command-line mode mapping.
 							*c_CTRL-C*
 CTRL-C		quit command-line without executing
 
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