How to enter Greek characters in Emacs

Question

This page indicates that Greek letters can be inserted into Emacs by using M-i. However, Emacs 23.2.1 in a Debian Squeeze variant inserts the \"tab\" character when

Answer 1

You can set your input method to Greek:

M-x set-input-method RET greek

or

C-x RET C-\ greek

(which is the same). To set the input method back press C-\ (toggle-input-method).