Try the sawfish window manager. It's extensible and written in cl and is emacs buddy. Great keyboard control.

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From: "Tyler Smith" <tyler.smith@eku.edu>
Date: Fri, Jan 28, 2011 3:49 pm
Subject: Xmodmap struggles
To: <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>

rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> writes:

> Trying to change Alt key behavior
> On a friends machine
> $ xmodmap .Xmodmap
>
> works but on mine I get
>
> X Error of failed request:  BadValue (integer parameter out of range
> for operation)
>   Major opcode of failed request:  118 (X_SetModifierMapping)
>   Value in failed request:  0x17
>   Serial number of failed request:  15
>   Current serial number in output stream:  15

Try running xev on your machine. I suspect the keycodes are different on
the two machines, and you're using the wrong ones for your keyboard.


Tyler