Re: Emacs and ALT Key in New Debian Installation

[Mark Seven Smith <pampaluz@cox.net>]

Bob Proulx wrote:

> Mark Seven Smith <pampaluz@cox.net> [2002-10-02 05:58:48 -0700]:
>
> > I recently installed Debian (Woody 3.0), and I have Emacs 21.  I have found 
> > that
> > the ALT key does not work.  When I go to use M-X as a prefix, or when I 
> > need to
> > use the ALT key for any command, all I get is a beep, and nothing else 
> > happens.
>
>
> I found that too.  I found that if I installed using the PC104
> keyboard instead of the PC102 keyboard that ALT was no longer a meta
> key.  But the "Windows" key was the meta key!  Apparently someone
> thought they would use that extra key as a meta key and moved it off
> of the ALT key.  The bad thing I see is that selecting PC102 or PC104
> actually causes different keys to be mapped as the meta key.
>
> Does the "Windows" key work as a meta key for you?

YES, it does!  Whoa!

What is good about this?  Does it give one increased functionality?  For 
instance, does emacs have a use for an <ALT> key?

I kind of like having a USE for that otherwise useless key! <grin!>

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