* alt-key problem with emacs only (Macos X 10.4.8)
@ 2007-01-08 9:50 Joerg Mertins
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From: Joerg Mertins @ 2007-01-08 9:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
Hi there,
I have a problem with my emacs alt-key to which I could not find (or
recognize? - I am not an expert) a solution on the emacs help pages.
When I start X (versions see below), key bindings as modifies in .xinitrc
work fine in the terminal window, in any other x-application (as far as I
can tell) as well as with "emacs -nw". When emacs is being launched
without options, opening in a seperate window, it works fine except for
the alt-key. Pressing it and any letter key does nothing, though it should
produce e.g. "at" upon simultaniously pressing "L" (as it does in my x
terminal). Pressing alt-spacebar results in opening of the x-windows menu.
(Does this give a clue?)
What seems strange to me is that my emacs setup worked just fine with the
very same user-defined config files but previous, about-3-year-old
versions of the programs mentioned below. Not loading any config file,
e.g. "emacs -q", doesnt help either.
I use Macos x Tiger 10.4.8 with XDarwin 1.4a1, icewm 1.2.2-2 and emacs
21.2-1026; these are the latest versions as they are available through
"System Update" and the fink program. Fink does not complain about unmet
dependencies or anythimg else.
Thanks a lot for any hints,
Joe
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