Re: Alt Key no longer functions

1998-11-16 Thread Ingo Hohmann
Hi, I haven't followed this thread, but yesterday I got a similar problem, I think. I ran mc in an xterm, and pressed to start editing a file, this started emacs in a new window. While emacs started, I pressed - to get it to the full window size, but nothing happened. After that the key wasn't

Re: Alt Key no longer functions

1998-11-11 Thread Lee Bradshaw
Run XF86Setup. You think, "But I already had a working X config file." Run XF86Setup anyway. Don't run xmodmap until you check how the new keys function and verify which ones to modify. On my system backspace deletes to the left and delete deletes to the right in every app I use. (Unfortunately

Re: Alt Key no longer functions

1998-11-09 Thread Brian White
Just as a follow-up... If I put back my original /etc/X11/Xmodmap file (which has settings to make keyboards with the "Windows" keys work), then emacs recognizes the Alt keys (emacs wants the Meta keysym). Tcsh still doesn't recognize it properly, though... Alt-Backspace prints a garbage charact

Alt Key no longer functions

1998-11-08 Thread Brian White
I just upgraded to X 3.3.2.3a-7 and now the Alt key no longer has any effect. Neither emacs or tcsh (under xterm) recognize that it has been pressed. Looking at xkeycaps, pressing Alt does register but doesn't affect the KeyCode, KeySym, or ASCII in any way. Fvwm still recognizes it, though. An