Re: Alt as Meta Key in Emacs21 and XFree 4.1.0.1

This will swap your left windows and alt keys, so you can use Alt for Meta and (in wmaker and probably other window managers) the windows key to switch windows. 1. Use xkeycaps to rearrange the keyboard how you'd like, and save the modifications in a file such as ~/.xmodmap. Mine looks like th

Re: Alt as Meta Key in Emacs21 and XFree 4.1.0.1

On 08-Apr-2002 Holger Rauch wrote: > Hi! > > I noticed that in Debian Woody the Alt key does not work as Meta key when > using Emacs 21 under X (XFree 4.1.0.1). What do I have to put in my .emacs > file to get it to work? (I was looking at the FAQ using Help->Emacs FAQ, > but found nothing there.

Alt as Meta Key in Emacs21 and XFree 4.1.0.1

Hi! I noticed that in Debian Woody the Alt key does not work as Meta key when using Emacs 21 under X (XFree 4.1.0.1). What do I have to put in my .emacs file to get it to work? (I was looking at the FAQ using Help->Emacs FAQ, but found nothing there.) Searching with google revealed: (define-key f