Re: Emacs and ALT Key in New Debian Installation

2002-10-03 Thread Pat Colbeck
Meta is mapped to the Windows key (the one with a MS flying windows logo" on it by default in Woody running X-Windows. I suppose irt stops issue where the Alt key is used for Window Cylcing (Alt TAB). On Wed, Oct 02, 2002 at 05:58:48AM -0700, Mark Seven Smith wrote: > > Any ideas on why my ALT k

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2002-10-03 Thread Mark Seven Smith
Apologies; I meant to send this to the list, rather than just to Michael. (I fixed a couple of typos, too! :) Regards, mVIIs Original Message Subject: Re: Emacs and ALT Key in New Debian Installation Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2002 22:22:18 -0700 From: Mark Seven Smith <[EM

Re: Emacs and ALT Key in New Debian Installation

2002-10-02 Thread Michael Heironimus
On Wed, Oct 02, 2002 at 08:35:22PM -0700, Mark Seven Smith wrote: > What is good about this? Does it give one increased functionality? For > instance, does emacs have a use for an key? emacs can map both alt and meta keystrokes. It can probably map super and hyper, too, but I've never tried.

Re: Emacs and ALT Key in New Debian Installation

2002-10-02 Thread Mark Seven Smith
Bob Proulx wrote: > Mark Seven Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-10-02 05:58:48 -0700]: > >>I recently installed Debian (Woody 3.0), and I have Emacs 21. I have found >>that >>the ALT key does not work. When I go to use M-X as a prefix, or when I >>need to >>use the ALT key for any command, al

Re: Emacs and ALT Key in New Debian Installation

2002-10-02 Thread Bob Proulx
Mark Seven Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-10-02 05:58:48 -0700]: > I recently installed Debian (Woody 3.0), and I have Emacs 21. I have found > that > the ALT key does not work. When I go to use M-X as a prefix, or when I > need to > use the ALT key for any command, all I get is a beep, and n

Re: Emacs and ALT Key in New Debian Installation

2002-10-02 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On Wednesday 02 October 2002 07:31, Elizabeth Barham wrote: > > Does the left Alt key work and not the right Alt key? Is it possible > that the "Window" keys work in place of the Alt key? > > You may want to look at the configuration for the x keymap in > /etc/X11/xkb, such as /etc/X11/xkb/keycode

Re: Emacs and ALT Key in New Debian Installation

2002-10-02 Thread Elizabeth Barham
Mark Seven Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I recently installed Debian (Woody 3.0), and I have Emacs 21. I > have found that the ALT key does not work. When I go to use M-X as > a prefix, or when I need to use the ALT key for any command, all I > get is a beep, and nothing else happens. >