Re: Alt vs Meta key in Emacs

2002-11-26 Thread Joe Riel
Thanks to Charlie and Vincent for their responses, I got my keyboard properly configured. I did, however, do so in a slightly different manner. The usual method fo swapping Caps Lock and Control keys does just that, it swaps the keys; so, if you run xmodmap on the file twice they are back to how t

Re: Alt vs Meta key in Emacs

2002-11-25 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 09:28:25 -0800, Joe Riel wrote: > I currently would like to have the and keys > act as keys in emacs These keys should be the mod1 modifiers. The modifiers are given by "xmodmap -pme". You can set them with: keycode xxx = Alt_L keycode yyy = Alt_R clear mod1 add mod1 =

RE: Alt vs Meta key in Emacs

2002-11-25 Thread Charlie Reiman
> -Original Message- > From: Joe Riel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 9:28 AM > To: debian > Subject: Alt vs Meta key in Emacs > > > I use a pc104 keyboard, the bottom row looks like the following: > > > > Using

Alt vs Meta key in Emacs

2002-11-25 Thread Joe Riel
I use a pc104 keyboard, the bottom row looks like the following: Using xmodmap I swapped the key with the . In emacs (under X), acts like a key, doesn't do anything (using xev it shows up as "multi-key") and do nothing (they act as modifier keys, but that does nothing in

Re: meta key in emacs

1998-08-20 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
This problem has come up so many times since hamm started getting used that it almost merits its own HOWTO. What's happened is that you've upgraded X and now you are using the XKEYBOARD extension. As you've noticed, the ALT key now does ALT and the "windows" key is now the META key. I've argued

Re: meta key in emacs

1998-08-20 Thread Richard L. Alhama
On Thu, 20 Aug 1998, Michael Symalla wrote: > Dear Debian users, > > can anyone help me to let my Alt-key be the metakey in emacs? Now I am > using the ESC key, which works fine but is not as comfortable as the ALT > key. Install xkeycaps and edit the keyboard layout to your liking. If you have

meta key in emacs

1998-08-20 Thread Michael Symalla
Dear Debian users, can anyone help me to let my Alt-key be the metakey in emacs? Now I am using the ESC key, which works fine but is not as comfortable as the ALT key. Thanks a lot. -- Bye Mitch