From: chengiz <chengiz@my-deja.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Alt vs Meta - Sun keyboard, redhat linux
Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2011 09:12:25 -0800 (PST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <abe2ead7-2bc4-4cfb-aa14-af981fbfaa2b@p8g2000vbs.googlegroups.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.18.1294095231.614.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
On Jan 3, 5:53 pm, Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyba...@Web.DE> wrote:
> Why do you think the Alt and Meta key modifiers have something to do
> with MS Losedos?
Where do I think that?
> If you want to find out what some "Alt" named key on your keyboard
> produces, then use xev (best launched from a *shell* buffer in GNU
> Emacs), give it the focus and press that key. Xev will produce some
> cryptic output that can be deciphered to some meaning. Similarly
> proceed with the "Meta" titled key on your keyboard. With the
> information of the key codes these keys generate when pressed or
> released, you can reset "key bindings" in X11:
>
> keycode <whichever> = Alt_R
> keycode <whatever> = Meta_L
>
I used xev to verify that the Alt-key produces Alt_L and the 2 meta-
keys produce Meta_L and Meta_R. Emacs treats the meta-keys as if they
produced M- which is what I want, however it also treats the Alt-key
as if produced M-, which is what I want to change to A-. I think the
missing piece is what emacs is doing with Alt_L, as in why it is not
processing it as A-.
Here's my xmodmap output:
shift Shift_L (0x32), Shift_R (0x3e)
lock Caps_Lock (0x42)
control Control_L (0x25), Control_R (0x6d)
mod1 Alt_L (0x40), Alt_R (0x71), Alt_L (0x7d)
mod2 Num_Lock (0x4d)
mod3
mod4 Meta_L (0x73), Meta_R (0x74), Super_L (0x7f), Hyper_L
(0x80), Meta_L (0x9c)
mod5 Mode_switch (0x5d), ISO_Level3_Shift (0x7c)
I cant tell what to put in my xmodmaprc to make sure emacs behaves
correctly.
Thanks,
chengiz
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-01-04 17:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-12-31 23:21 Alt vs Meta - Sun keyboard, redhat linux chengiz
2011-01-01 19:35 ` Peter Dyballa
[not found] ` <mailman.6.1293910561.32515.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2011-01-03 20:25 ` chengiz
2011-01-03 22:53 ` Peter Dyballa
[not found] ` <mailman.18.1294095231.614.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2011-01-04 17:12 ` chengiz [this message]
2011-01-04 22:47 ` Peter Dyballa
[not found] ` <mailman.1.1294181287.10900.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2011-01-04 23:17 ` chengiz
2011-01-05 0:24 ` Peter Dyballa
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