* Re: alt key on pc keyboard with mac osx
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@ 2003-08-20 15:35 ` Andrew Choi
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From: Andrew Choi @ 2003-08-20 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
"Sean McLaughlin" <seanmcl1976@hotmail.com> 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.
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* alt key on pc keyboard with mac osx
@ 2003-08-19 17:57 Sean McLaughlin
2003-08-20 14:06 ` Gilbert Harman
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From: Sean McLaughlin @ 2003-08-19 17:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
Hello,
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?
Thanks,
Sean
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* Re: alt key on pc keyboard with mac osx
2003-08-19 17:57 Sean McLaughlin
@ 2003-08-20 14:06 ` Gilbert Harman
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From: Gilbert Harman @ 2003-08-20 14:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
Try adding to your .emacs file
(setq mac-command-key-is-meta nil)
On 8/19/03 1:57 PM, "Sean McLaughlin" <seanmcl1976@hotmail.com> wrote:
> 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?
gil
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