From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Klaus Zeitler Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Help producing the Alt modifier Date: 30 Apr 2003 07:30:41 +0200 Organization: Lucent Technologies Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <5SBra.42419$mZ4.495512@news.xtra.co.nz> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1051680922 6161 80.91.224.249 (30 Apr 2003 05:35:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 05:35:22 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 30 07:35:20 2003 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 19AkFU-0001b8-00 for ; Wed, 30 Apr 2003 07:35:20 +0200 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 19AkFW-0006zW-06 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 30 Apr 2003 01:35:22 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!arclight.uoregon.edu!news.tufts.edu!uunet!dca.uu.net!netnews.proxy.lucent.com!news Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 40 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: sfsw51.de.lucent.com X-Drdoom-Fodder: crypt crash satan CERT security drdoom passwd User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:112547 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:9043 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:9043 >>>>> "Jeremy" == Jeremy Bowen writes: Jeremy> Jeremy> Klaus Zeitler wrote: >>>>>>> "Jeremy" == Jeremy Bowen writes: Jeremy> >> IIRC than there's no Meta key defined. Jeremy> Jeremy> I have (at least) 3 ways of generating Meta. Left and right Alt Jeremy> and ESC. right, and that's why I suggested to make one of the two Alt keys a Meta key, but if you already have 2 Meta keys, than make one Meta key into an Alt and you're set. >> Emacs has a special feature to use Alt as Meta if >> there's no Meta key, Jeremy> Jeremy> Can I disable this behaviour ? If so how ? once you have a Meta and an Alt key it shouldn't matter. Jeremy> I can *already* produce Meta but I *cannot* produce Alt. try a xmodmap -pm and you'll see if your 2 Alt keys are defined as Meta or Alt, i.e. one of the mod keys will have either Alt_L and Alt_R or Meta_L and Meta_R assigned. Now use one of the mod modifiers that have no key assigned. If you're not sure what to do, than post your xmodmap -pm output and we'll go from there. Klaus -- ------------------------------------------ | Klaus Zeitler Lucent Technologies | ------------------------------------------ --- Napoleon: What shall we do with this soldier, Guiseppe? Everything he says is wrong. Guiseppe: Make him a general, Excellency, and then everything he says will be right. -- G. B. Shaw, "The Man of Destiny"