Re: Inconsistent Emacs behavior in X

[Mark Phillips <mark@ist.flinders.edu.au>]

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.

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