* Howto install `alt'-key as meta key??
@ 2002-09-12 8:10 Y.R. de Boer
2002-09-12 8:41 ` Marc Girod
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From: Y.R. de Boer @ 2002-09-12 8:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
Dear reader,
At the moment my meta key is the escape button, I would like this to be
the alt button.
How would I do this?
With kind regards,
Ytsen.
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* Re: Howto install `alt'-key as meta key??
2002-09-12 8:10 Howto install `alt'-key as meta key?? Y.R. de Boer
@ 2002-09-12 8:41 ` Marc Girod
2002-09-12 10:13 ` Kai Großjohann
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From: Marc Girod @ 2002-09-12 8:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
>>>>> "Y" == Y R de Boer <y.r.deboer@student.utwente.nl> writes:
Y> At the moment my meta key is the escape button, I would like this
Y> to be the alt button.
Y> How would I do this?
Under X, with xmodmap.
Pay attention to the FAQ 10.18
http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/emacs-faq.text
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* Re: Howto install `alt'-key as meta key??
2002-09-12 8:10 Howto install `alt'-key as meta key?? Y.R. de Boer
2002-09-12 8:41 ` Marc Girod
@ 2002-09-12 10:13 ` Kai Großjohann
2002-09-12 13:23 ` Kevin Dziulko
2002-10-25 18:03 ` carlos.conde
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From: Kai Großjohann @ 2002-09-12 10:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
"Y.R. de Boer" <y.r.deboer@student.utwente.nl> writes:
> At the moment my meta key is the escape button, I would like this to be
> the alt button.
Please provide additional information about your installation. Which
OS, window system, ...?
kai
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* Re: Howto install `alt'-key as meta key??
2002-09-12 8:10 Howto install `alt'-key as meta key?? Y.R. de Boer
2002-09-12 8:41 ` Marc Girod
2002-09-12 10:13 ` Kai Großjohann
@ 2002-09-12 13:23 ` Kevin Dziulko
2002-10-25 18:03 ` carlos.conde
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From: Kevin Dziulko @ 2002-09-12 13:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
Try this:
Start emacs, and go to the *scratch* buffer. Type C-q and then press the
alt key. Something like ^[OC will get displayed. Write that sequence
down. Then add a line in your .emacs file. It will look like this:
(global-set-key "\e[OC" 'event-apply-meta-modifier)
Where the [OC is what ever got displayed when you pressed the alt key,
minus the ^.
Also note that if you are running on MS Windows, the alt key activates the
pull down menus, so alt may not be a good choice if running on Windows.
Hope this helps.
Kevin
On Thu, 12 Sep 2002, Y.R. de Boer wrote:
>
>
> Dear reader,
>
> At the moment my meta key is the escape button, I would like this to be
> the alt button.
>
> How would I do this?
>
> With kind regards,
>
> Ytsen.
>
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* Re: Howto install `alt'-key as meta key??
2002-09-12 8:10 Howto install `alt'-key as meta key?? Y.R. de Boer
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2002-09-12 13:23 ` Kevin Dziulko
@ 2002-10-25 18:03 ` carlos.conde
2002-10-27 15:54 ` Gerard Smits
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From: carlos.conde @ 2002-10-25 18:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
I've got the same problem, I'm running a debian linux 3.0 with emacs 21.1,
however, this solution can work on every linux distribution...
You must add the following lines to your .xintrc or .xsession file in your
home user directory:
xmodmap -e "keycode 115 = Super_L"
xmodmap -e "keycode 116 = Super_L"
xmodmap -e "add mod4 = Super_L"
read the xmodmap doc for details...
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* Re: Howto install `alt'-key as meta key??
2002-10-25 18:03 ` carlos.conde
@ 2002-10-27 15:54 ` Gerard Smits
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From: Gerard Smits @ 2002-10-27 15:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
I'm having the same trouble with my Alt key after moving from Windows
NT to XP. It does not seem to recognize the Alt key. I'm using V
21.2.1. I'm wondering if XP is somethow preempting the use of the Alt
key.
I tried the suggested c-q ALT, but got nothing on the screen. Thanks
for any suggestions.
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