Policy for modifier keys?

[Panu Kalliokoski <pkalliok@helsinki.fi>]

Should there perhaps be a policy about how modifiers keys are mapped in
console and X applications? For example, on the console, alt produces
an esc prefix, which is IMO good and makes alt equivalent to a meta
key. However, under X, meta is usually the windows key, which is a
nuisance if one often changes between console and X.

Moreover, because X programs can treat modifiers in two ways - the simple
one, using modifier number, and the complex one, mapping mod numbers to
keycodes and then using those - there probably should be some consistent
policy of which mod number is mapped onto which modifier etc.

Panu Kalliokoski