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> From: bojohan+news@dd.chalmers.se (Johan =?utf-8?Q?Bockg=C3=A5rd?=)
> Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2007 02:16:43 +0200
> 
> >> Where does Emacs map Alt combinations to Meta combinations?
> >
> > Nowhere.  This is done outside Emacs's keymaps.
> 
> Unless there are Meta keys, Emacs reinterprets Alt as Meta.
> 
>   [xterm.c]

xterm.c is a low-level infrastructure, below the Emacs keymap
machinery.

Anyway, the OP uses VNC on Windows, where there's no separate Meta
key.  So I don't think the cited fragment from xterm.c applies.