How can I write braces, { and }, in Emacs on Mac OS X with a scandinavian keyboard layout?

Question

I can not write { and } in Emacs on my Macbook Air with a Swedish keyboard layout. In all other programs I do this by pressing alt + shift + ( for { and the corresponding keys with ) for }.

How can I type { and } in emacs?

Solution 1

I found the answer on StackOverflow.com:

Unable to type braces and square braces in emacs

(setq mac-option-modifier nil
      mac-command-modifier 'meta
      x-select-enable-clipboard t)

Solution 2

I tried fondling with my keypad and found out that ctrl + alt + 8 or 9 works for curly brackets { or }

Solution 3

You likely have this problem in all command-line applications and even your shell.

Disable Use Option as Meta key in Terminal » Preferences » Settings » Keyboard.

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This might be a problem for you, so other options are key remapping solutions, utility applications like Butler where you can define key sequences and map them on self-defined hotkeys, or changing your keyboard using Ukelele.

Comments

[mico]

This works well for Emacs app

[mico]

this works for emacs launched by the command line, but you lose the use of alt as meta and have to type e.g. esc-x instea of M-X

[HikeMike]

@mico That's why this might be a problem for you. You need to choose an option here. Workarounds are Esc for Meta, or changing the keyboard layout. (Or, well, Emacs.app :-) )

[Carl B]

fondling sounds creepy.

[AdrieanKhisbe]

or this one so answer only affect the right tab