From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Emacs on WinXP and Italian keyboard Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 11:22:29 +0300 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1238228709 20265 80.91.229.12 (28 Mar 2009 08:25:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 08:25:09 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Mar 28 09:26:27 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LnTs1-0002H4-37 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 28 Mar 2009 09:26:25 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40743 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LnTqd-0001Fy-K0 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 28 Mar 2009 04:24:59 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LnTqF-0001Fj-PY for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Mar 2009 04:24:35 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LnTqE-0001FB-6V for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Mar 2009 04:24:35 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=46376 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LnTqE-0001F8-2t for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Mar 2009 04:24:34 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout3.012.net.il ([84.95.2.7]:19258) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LnTqD-0007yz-Nf for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Mar 2009 04:24:33 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.i_mtaout3.012.net.il by i_mtaout3.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2004.12) id <0KH700500J7DST00@i_mtaout3.012.net.il> for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Mar 2009 11:24:32 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([77.127.23.114]) by i_mtaout3.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2004.12) with ESMTPA id <0KH700F1ZJCVBRC0@i_mtaout3.012.net.il> for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Mar 2009 11:24:32 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 9.1 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:63352 Archived-At: > From: Andrea Taverna > Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:57:35 +0100 >=20 > Hello everyone, >=20 > I've installed Emacs w32 port on my windows box and I've got the fo= llowing problem. > My keyboard has an Italian-105-keys layout and no '~' character on = it. Under X I=20 > type AltGr+=EC to get the character but on windows I need to enter = the ASCII=20 > sequence as (IIRC) Alt+126. Problem is that Alt is already caught b= y Emacs as=20 > meta character. Are you saying that the AltGr (right Alt) key is interpreted as the left Alt key? It shouldn't; what is the value of w32-recognize-altgr variable? Also, does it help to press the right Alt and left Ctrl keys simultaneously, instead of the AltGr key? Finally, what version of Emacs is that? what does "M-x emacs-version RET" display?