Jeff Mincy writes: It seems to be an input focus issue - maybe WM dependent? (I use WindowMaker). If the cursor is over the menubar, so that I have the "arrow" cursor, the menu accelerators do indeed work as you describe. But if I have the cursor in the buffer area, so that I have the "ibeam" cursor, pressing and releasing Meta has no effect. (Of course, if I have to use the mouse to move the cursor up to the menubar, then it's not much of a keyboard accelerator, is it?) I also don't understand, although `menu-accelerator-enabled' is set to nil, why this is working at all? Or do I fail to grok the meaning of `menu-accelerator-enabled'? (I feel like I'm missing something here...) I propose introducing a customizable user variable to truly disable the menubar accelerators, and that when the accelerators are disabled, the underlined letters not be shown. I also propose introducing a customizable user variable to disable/enable the progress bar. I will try to find some time to back up these suggestions with a patch or two...