Re: Windows steals my 'Alt-' (was Re: M-TAB already used by KDE)

[Fredrik Staxeng <fstx+u@update.uu.se>]

Jonathon Isaac Swiderski <jonswid@umich.edu> writes:

>I have a similar issue --- I'm using Emacs in Windows XP via Exceed (that
>is, Emacs is running on my login server; i'm using an XP terminal with
>Exceed generating an X session), and Windows keeps grabbing the 'Alt' key
>for the menubar, so i can't use it for a Meta.

Emacs uses an X window displayed by Exceed, right?

>How do I either:
>  a)  Tell Emacs to interpret 'CapsLock' or something else as 'M-'?
>      That is, I'd like to use something else as the modifier--- part of
>      my problem here is that I don't know what codes Alt, [Win],
>      CapsLock, etcetera, generate; but I also am not clear on how I'd use
>      them once I had them.

If Exceed lets Windows interpret Alt, chances are good that it lets Windows
interpret Caps Lock as well. But you could try with xkeycaps or xev to see
if it sends key events for Caps Lock to an X program. Then you could
assign the keysym Meta to it.

>  b)  Tell Windows not to use Alt key for menu activation? (less
>      preferred; I can't take my windows settings with me between
>      sessions--- long story)

This has to be a setting in Exceed, not in Windows itself. 


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