From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Right Alt/Meta keys on Windows systems Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 06:45:16 +0200 Message-ID: References: <200512281541.jBSFfXUQ013499@copa.pajato.com> <200512282155.22035.pogonyshev@gmx.net> <200512282231.19843.pogonyshev@gmx.net> <200512290000.jBT007bc021185@copa.pajato.com> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1135831596 340 80.91.229.2 (29 Dec 2005 04:46:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 04:46:36 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, pogonyshev@gmx.net Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Dec 29 05:46:34 2005 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ErpgO-0004UT-Jl for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 29 Dec 2005 05:46:32 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Erphj-0001F6-IM for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 28 Dec 2005 23:47:55 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Erpga-0000cm-0U for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Dec 2005 23:46:44 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ErpgZ-0000cB-8k for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Dec 2005 23:46:43 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ErpgZ-0000by-40 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Dec 2005 23:46:43 -0500 Original-Received: from [192.114.186.20] (helo=nitzan.inter.net.il) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Erpgq-0001Zo-El for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Dec 2005 23:47:00 -0500 Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-84-228-236-138.inter.net.il [84.228.236.138]) by nitzan.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.2-GA) with ESMTP id CHS96295 (AUTH halo1); Thu, 29 Dec 2005 06:45:16 +0200 (IST) Original-To: pmr@pajato.com In-reply-to: <200512290000.jBT007bc021185@copa.pajato.com> (message from Paul Michael Reilly on Wed, 28 Dec 2005 19:00:07 -0500) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:48478 Archived-At: > Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 19:00:07 -0500 > From: Paul Michael Reilly > CC: emacs-devel@gnu.org, eliz@gnu.org > > Paul seems to be saying that the right Alt key has a compelling > function for some set of Users (temporary keyboard layout disable) Paul was talking about GNU/Linux systems, not about MS-Windows. > Meanwhile I am very curious to know how Eli managed to get his system > to provide both left and right Meta modifiers from the Alt keys. If > memory serves, when I last used Emacs on a Windows/2000/cygwin system, > I did not have this problem. But a freshly installed Windows/XP > system on a Dell PC with a Logictech natural keyboard does exhibit the > behavior. Windows/XP has a very complex Locale setting mechanism in > the control panel. Perhaps this is where one needs to select a > different locale, but it is not at all intuitively obvious how to do > this such that the right Alt key will map to a Meta modifier. Knowing > what locale settings Eli is using might help some. Tell me what to look at on my machine and what to report, and I will tell you what I have here. (I simply do not know what information defines the ``Windows locale''.)