From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jonathon Isaac Swiderski Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Windows steals my 'Alt-' (was Re: M-TAB already used by KDE) Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 00:27:50 -0500 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <3dff7248.1320484@news.cis.dfn.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1040276720 12825 80.91.224.249 (19 Dec 2002 05:45:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 05:45:20 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18OtUk-0003Kj-00 for ; Thu, 19 Dec 2002 06:45:18 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18OtUz-0002NO-04 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 19 Dec 2002 00:45:33 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsxfer.eecs.umich.edu!news.itd.umich.edu!mspacman.gpcc.itd.umich.edu!jonswid Original-Newsgroups: comp.emacs,gnu.emacs.help X-X-Sender: jonswid@mspacman.gpcc.itd.umich.edu In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 27 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 141.211.2.210 Original-X-Trace: news.itd.umich.edu 1040275671 141.211.2.210 (Thu, 19 Dec 2002 00:27:51 EST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 00:27:51 EST Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu comp.emacs:76535 gnu.emacs.help:108284 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:4813 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:4813 On 19 Dec 2002, Johan Bockg=E5rd wrote: > > I have a similar issue --- I'm using Emacs in Windows XP via Exceed (th= at > > 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' k= ey > > for the menubar, so i can't use it for a Meta. > You can ask Exceed to send other keycodes. > Configuration -> Keyboard Input Thanks. Now I just have to figure out how to get into Exceed's configuration panels. . . (in the lab I use, the password for Exceed's settings area doesn't seem to be the same as my login password, and i've no idea where to find what it is. . . I'll have to find my friendly local helpdesk next time i'm in there; I have a feeling this will actually turn out to be impossible.) --=20 Jonathon Isaac Swiderski \\ dangercat-20@dangercat.net cs.oberlin.edu/~jswiders \\ www.dangercat.net/resume Mathematics is the art which teaches one how not to make calculations. -- Oscar Chisini