From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: B. Smith-Mannschott Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: mac os x 10.4 emacs keys with Xmodmap Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 20:50:23 +0200 Message-ID: <5DAEF070-6446-481D-AE24-E7BABA9EC47A@gmail.com> References: <1127383186.636080.263910@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v734) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1127415622 11947 80.91.229.2 (22 Sep 2005 19:00:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 19:00:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Sep 22 21:00:20 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EIWHD-0007jm-9J for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 22 Sep 2005 20:58:35 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EIWCk-0001Pq-Jc for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 22 Sep 2005 14:53:58 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EIWCF-0001KU-Um for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 22 Sep 2005 14:53:34 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EIWC3-0001BZ-CR for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 22 Sep 2005 14:53:17 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EIWC3-0001Ap-4h for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 22 Sep 2005 14:53:15 -0400 Original-Received: from [66.249.82.198] (helo=xproxy.gmail.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1EIW9P-0003Jp-RU for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 22 Sep 2005 14:50:32 -0400 Original-Received: by xproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id i29so136338wxd for ; Thu, 22 Sep 2005 11:50:30 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type:message-id:cc:content-transfer-encoding:from:subject:date:to:x-mailer; b=iX8qkZlUI7Akp8cSXgRJfbYQmT0QQmLFwdNVQo9EYhILfv98TOT9MuCV2B3frCbo1a6HtY1C1bPHPmjIFdqm3GqPZ81ZXOnWm0/sIFdbFR1u8b2sJ6WkIdRmCrz8UMMGK+QEM3rNeyiJvxe7iuPKwpY82SE7Slv5MQAX9bERn+k= Original-Received: by 10.70.104.6 with SMTP id b6mr454855wxc; Thu, 22 Sep 2005 11:50:30 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from ?192.168.0.2? ( [62.47.131.9]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id i38sm881621wxd.2005.09.22.11.50.28; Thu, 22 Sep 2005 11:50:30 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1127383186.636080.263910@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Original-To: arno X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.734) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:29643 Archived-At: On Sep 22, 2005, at 11:59, arno wrote: > not withstanding some hints here. i cannot get to use the meta/alt > keys > in gnuemacs in the X11 environment. I use Emacs under X11.app on Mac OS 10.4 (previously on 10.3 as well). I find that I can use the command key as meta and the option key to enter international characters (as in any Mac program). I don't know what's different here than on your machine, but here are the specifics: X11.app: Preferences: "Enable keyboard shortcuts under X11" is disabled. "Use the system keyboard layout" is disabled. Emacs: 21.3.50.1 built and installed with the fink package manager. I've also used emacs build from cvs sources in the past and had a working meta key. .xinitrc: 1. loads .Xresources, which defines Emacs.Font: 6x13 2. execs quartz-wm I have not customized .Xmodmap (the file doesn't exist on my system: neither in my home directory, nor in /etc/X11/xinit/.) I searched through my .emacs, but didn't find any customizations that seemed related to Mac OS or meta keys. I have noticed one *odd* thing with this command key behavior: it works fine as meta for emacs (both executed locally and when running on a remote machine but displaying here). It does not work as Meta when I'm displaying a remotely executing Eclipse instance, so there's clearly still some X keyboard voodoo I'm not understanding. HTH // Ben