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From: Stefan Kamphausen <skampi@gmx.net>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Mac - X11 - emacs - meta - alt key
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 19:45:22 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <hoo4jj$kmk$1@news.albasani.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4b9db71a$0$30332$c32e2966@unlimited.newshosting.com>

Hi,

> I'm still getting used to my Mac

I think I will never.
http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2008/04/settling-osx-focus-follows-mouse-debate.html
:-)

> and have a strange problem with emacs.
> When running Aquamacs on the Mac itself, the Alt/Option key is meta,
> which is what I expect.  However, I'm also remote accessing a Linux box
> via X11/NXClient.  When I run emacs (or xemacs) on in Linux, it looks
> like X11 has remapped the Mac Command key to be meta.  How do I put this
> back?

I struggled with Emacs on OSX, too.  Someday I found the ns-*
variables and could tune everything so that it (almost) works.  Note
however, that I had problems with a non-mac-keyboard and German
characters.  But maybe it can help you, too.


Cheers,
Stefan
-- 
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You hit. The format string crumbles and turns to dust.
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      parent reply	other threads:[~2010-03-28 17:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-03-15  4:27 Mac - X11 - emacs - meta - alt key David Rogoff
2010-03-15  5:12 ` JF Mezei
2010-03-15  5:20   ` unfrostedpoptart
2010-03-15  8:02     ` JF Mezei
2010-03-28 17:45 ` Stefan Kamphausen [this message]

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