From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Harry Putnam Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Sanest way to make emacs behave on a Solaris OS Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2013 08:52:02 -0400 Organization: Still searching... Message-ID: References: <87d2pzj4m2.fsf@VLAN-3434.student.uu.se> <87ob9izk9k.fsf@VLAN-3434.student.uu.se> <87fvusw968.fsf@newsguy.com> <20130803070334.GA2266@dismay.proulx.com> <87mwow3m16.fsf@newsguy.com> <87vc3kva86.fsf@VLAN-3434.student.uu.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1375793569 28363 80.91.229.3 (6 Aug 2013 12:52:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2013 12:52:49 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Aug 06 14:52:47 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1V6gkk-0008TY-Qz for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 06 Aug 2013 14:52:42 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42515 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V6gkk-0006t4-Cm for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 06 Aug 2013 08:52:42 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51995) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V6gkU-0006r1-Q6 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Aug 2013 08:52:33 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V6gkL-000150-D1 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Aug 2013 08:52:26 -0400 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:54942) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V6gkL-00014m-7H for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Aug 2013 08:52:17 -0400 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1V6gkJ-00087a-F7 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Aug 2013 14:52:15 +0200 Original-Received: from z65-50-57-227.ips.direcpath.com ([65.50.57.227]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 06 Aug 2013 14:52:15 +0200 Original-Received: from reader by z65-50-57-227.ips.direcpath.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 06 Aug 2013 14:52:15 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 24 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: z65-50-57-227.ips.direcpath.com User-Agent: Gnus/5.130008 (Ma Gnus v0.8) Emacs/24.3 (usg-unix-v) Cancel-Lock: sha1:qDvmiBfs9xN0Ee3BkEWuAkTorms= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:92757 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: >> shift Shift_L (0x32), Shift_R (0x3e) >> lock Caps_Lock (0x42) >> control Control_L (0x25), Control_R (0x6d) >> mod1 Alt_L (0x40) >> mod2 Num_Lock (0x4d) >> mod3 >> mod4 Meta_L (0x73), Meta_R (0x74), Super_L (0x7f), Hyper_L (0x80) >> mod5 Mode_switch (0x5d), ISO_Level3_Shift (0x71), ISO_Level3_Shift (0x7c) > > There you go: Alt on `mod1' and Meta on `mod4'. > So, a possible solution: > > xmodmap -e 'remove mod4 = Meta_L Meta_R' > xmodmap -e 'add mod1 = Meta_L Meta_R' > > so both your Meta and Alt keys will behave as one and the same modifier > (probably called "Alt" in most programs and "Meta" in Emacs). > Is it normal for that change to only be good until next boot up? I ask because after a reboot, it has gone away.