From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andrew Choi Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: alt key on pc keyboard with mac osx Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 15:35:30 GMT Organization: Shaw Residential Internet Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1061505157 26445 80.91.224.253 (21 Aug 2003 22:32:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 22:32:37 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 22 00:32:36 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19pxyl-0006dX-00 for ; Fri, 22 Aug 2003 00:32:35 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19pVC1-0007nn-Td for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 20 Aug 2003 11:48:13 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!cyclone.bc.net!sjc70.webusenet.com!news.webusenet.com!pd2nf1so.cg.shawcable.net!residential.shaw.ca!news3.calgary.shaw.ca.POSTED!not-for-mail X-Trace-PostClient-IP: 68.144.207.94 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 17 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.71.223.147 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@shaw.ca Original-X-Trace: news3.calgary.shaw.ca 1061393730 24.71.223.147 (Wed, 20 Aug 2003 09:35:30 MDT) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 09:35:30 MDT Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:116020 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 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 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:11959 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:11959 "Sean McLaughlin" writes: > I have a mac laptop running osx. I'm using a pc usb keyboard. I > can't get emacs to recognize the ALT key as a META key. When I type > 'ALT k', for instance, I get a 'u' with a grave accent. Is there a > way to remap the alt key as a meta key? It sounds like your keyboard's ALT key is correctly recognized as the Mac option/alt key. If you are running the CVS version of GNU Emacs built with the --with-carbon option in GUI mode, set the variable mac-command-key-is-meta to nil to use the option/alt key as META key. This information is in the `Mac OS' section of the online manual. Note that there may be problems with certain key combinations being hidden by dead-key processing, though.