Re: Inconsistent Emacs behavior in X

[Chris Gray <cpgray@library.uwaterloo.ca>]

Thanks, Mark.

Now I see the problem was caused by my video card!  At home XF86Setup
crashes my system so I used xf86config instead.  So the XF86Config file on
the two machines were written by different programs.

Chris


On Wed, 1 Nov 2000, Mark Phillips wrote:

> Chris Gray [cpgray@library.uwaterloo.ca] wrote:
> > I have two machines set up with Woody.  When I run X Windows on one I can
> > use Alt as the Meta key in Emacs, on the other machine I just get a beep and
> > have to use ESC.  I'd like to use Alt as Meta on both.  Alt works as Meta on
> > the console on both.  Any idea what I might have done differently to cause
> > the difference in behavior?
> 
> You probably have different XF86Config files.  To get alt as meta, you
> can put it in your "Keyboard" section.  Mine is the following:
> 
> Section "Keyboard"
>    Protocol        "Standard"
>    AutoRepeat      500 4        # was 500 30
>    LeftAlt         Meta
>    RightAlt        Meta
>    ScrollLock      Compose
>    RightCtl        Control
>    XkbKeycodes     "xfree86"
> #   XkbKeymap       "xfree86(us)"
>    XkbTypes        "default"
>    XkbCompat       "default"
>    XkbSymbols      "us(pc101)"
>    XkbGeometry     "pc"
>    XkbRules        "xfree86"
>    XkbModel        "pc101"
>    XkbLayout       "us"
> #   XkbOptions      "ctrl:swapcaps"
> EndSection
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Mark.
>