Re: Meta-R key doesn't exist
On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 08:57:14 +0200 (CEST)
Antonio Regidor García <a_regidor@yahoo.es> wrote:
> > Chances are, that you also don't have a right "Alt" key on your keyboard, but one
> > labeled "Alt Gr" instead, that is intended for entering non-ascii characters (see
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AltGr_key). If you don't need any of these (I am not
> > familiar with the Spanish keyboard layout, but I assume there are some accented
> > keys on it), you can simple redefine the AltGr key as Meta_R in your X server's
> > keyboard layout (If you have a newer 105-keys, you can also use on of those "Menu"
> > or "Windows" keys)
>
> Thanks for your fast reply.
>
> Yes, the key has Alt_Gr printed on it. I assumed that the Alt_Gr key should work as an Alt key in
> conjuction with non-symbol keys (Alt_Gr-x etc.). Thanks to your link now I know that it has
> nothing in common with the other Alt keys. I redefined it using xmodmap, I simply wanted to know
On my system, without too much tweaking, the AltGr key certainly does
behave as an Alt key; it invokes menus, switches windows with Alt-Tab,
etc. I'm no X expert, though, so I may be missing something.
[snip]
> Cheers,
>
> Antonio Regidor García
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