From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Bob Proulx Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Sanest way to make emacs behave on a Solaris OS Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2013 23:49:11 -0600 Message-ID: <20130806054911.GB11303@dismay.proulx.com> References: <87ob9izk9k.fsf@VLAN-3434.student.uu.se> <87fvusw968.fsf@newsguy.com> <20130803070334.GA2266@dismay.proulx.com> <87mwow3m16.fsf@newsguy.com> <87vc3kva86.fsf@VLAN-3434.student.uu.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1375768174 11668 80.91.229.3 (6 Aug 2013 05:49:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2013 05:49:34 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Aug 06 07:49:35 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1V6a9H-0002Z7-Mr for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 06 Aug 2013 07:49:35 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58659 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V6a9H-0002pp-AH for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 06 Aug 2013 01:49:35 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40428) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V6a91-0002nw-G6 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Aug 2013 01:49:26 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V6a8v-0002Qd-Fs for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Aug 2013 01:49:19 -0400 Original-Received: from joseki.proulx.com ([216.17.153.58]:36226) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V6a8v-0002O7-84 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Aug 2013 01:49:13 -0400 Original-Received: from dismay.proulx.com (dismay.proulx.com [172.27.61.4]) (Authenticated sender: dismay) by joseki.proulx.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 36F35211D5 for ; Mon, 5 Aug 2013 23:49:11 -0600 (MDT) Original-Received: by dismay.proulx.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 19DB6D2017A; Tue, 6 Aug 2013 00:49:11 -0500 (CDT) Mail-Followup-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 216.17.153.58 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:92755 Archived-At: Harry Putnam wrote: > Stefan Monnier writes: > > There you go: Alt on `mod1' and Meta on `mod4'. > > So, a possible solution: > > > > xmodmap -e 'remove mod4 = Meta_L Meta_R' > > xmodmap -e 'add mod1 = Meta_L Meta_R' > > > > so both your Meta and Alt keys will behave as one and the same modifier > > (probably called "Alt" in most programs and "Meta" in Emacs). > > Haaa! yup that works.. Yay! But for which config? If you start a new Xterm with the above does Alt work as Meta in Meta Sends Escape too? I think it should. Bob