From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Frank Schmitt Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Xfree86 and the Meta key (+patch) Date: Sun, 03 Oct 2004 10:11:07 +0200 Organization: Hamme net, kren mer och nimmi Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <1096664425.415dc569492f0@imp2-q.free.fr> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1096798559 12085 80.91.229.6 (3 Oct 2004 10:15:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2004 10:15:59 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Oct 03 12:15:51 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CE3PD-00032C-00 for ; Sun, 03 Oct 2004 12:15:51 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CE3Vk-0001Gg-Gr for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 03 Oct 2004 06:22:36 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CE3Vd-0001Gb-Dp for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Oct 2004 06:22:29 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CE3Vc-0001GP-V2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Oct 2004 06:22:29 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CE3Vc-0001GM-SW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Oct 2004 06:22:28 -0400 Original-Received: from [80.91.229.2] (helo=main.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CE3Oo-0004hS-NW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Oct 2004 06:15:26 -0400 Original-Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CE3On-0003HZ-00 for ; Sun, 03 Oct 2004 12:15:25 +0200 Original-Received: from pd9eae0c2.dip0.t-ipconnect.de ([217.234.224.194]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 03 Oct 2004 12:15:25 +0200 Original-Received: from ich by pd9eae0c2.dip0.t-ipconnect.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 03 Oct 2004 12:15:25 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Lines: 19 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: pd9eae0c2.dip0.t-ipconnect.de X-Face: :EL9TzGRN){7|oE2~xQ8Q(VjpjsXgX$~gi&rYD5J5p)$w\Thdl~v:7h`/n)J!8nXT%_+Wj6}@EHM8}QbA(9nX-wrQ:ch1%DauV[?kFasXUcnL#+"K8zOx&$@/M'/}, q-eztaJra1|?C+p$h\2XnK-HB"8_U List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:27822 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:27822 storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) writes: >> The recent XFree86 recently broke the meta key for Emacs. >> Some debian Xkb specialist worked on the problem and issued a patch. It has >> been tested and we need to apply it before Debian sarge is release. > > Are you saying that all releases of Emacs, including 21.3, will > not run correctly on current XFree86 ? > > If that's true, we could be forced to to issue a 21.4 bug fix release > (based on 21.3) real soon !? I run xorg 6.8.1 and don't see any problems. -- Did you ever realize how much text fits in eighty columns? If you now consider that a signature usually consists of up to four lines, this gives you enough space to spread a tremendous amount of information with your messages. So seize this opportunity and don't waste your signature with bullshit nobody will read.