Re: Why doesn't alt-x in Emacs doesn't work?

[chl@ericssontelebit.com (Christian Lynbech on satellite)]

The way emacs sets up the meta key is somewhat a mystery to me.

Here is the output on my machine from `xmodmap':

    xmodmap:  up to 2 keys per modifier, (keycodes in parentheses):

    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        Mode_switch (0x71)
    mod4      
    mod5        Scroll_Lock (0x4e)

So if you get Alt_L bound to mod1, you should be back in
business. 

Strange things happens if you start moving modifiers around to other
mod's or have the Meta key bound in somewhere, at least enough that it
made my head spin once I tried setting up Caps_lock as yet another
modifier key. (can't have too many of these with emacs :-)


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