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Re: X question: mapping left ALT to the left WIN key



On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 18:30:02 +0100
Martin Henne <NOREPLYmartin.henne@web.de> wrote:

> 
> My left ALT key doesn't work anymore. Someone spilled 
> his coke over my laptop :-(
> 
> Is there a way configure my X (maybe some XkbOption?)
> so that it uses my left WIN key as the left ALT key?
> 
> I found stuff about mapping the META key to the left
> WIN key to use xemacs (or was it not to map the meta
> key there?) but my particular point is, that I need
> the WIN key to act exactly like the left ALT key does
> on 'normal' machines. In all my X-applications.
> 
> Any hints?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 

I'm not sure if it will work, but try putting the following line into into
~/.Xmodmap:

keycode 115 = Alt_L

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