Could people apply the following patch and tell me if things continue
to work properly for them?
Especially Emacs users.
Having separate alt and meta keys appears to be popular with no one,
hence this change.
If you want alt and meta on different keys, leave the file as-is.
Thanks!
--- /etc/X11/xkb/symbols/us~ Mon Jun 11 22:29:07 2001
+++ /etc/X11/xkb/symbols/us Sat Oct 6 02:49:02 2001
@@ -161,7 +161,6 @@
key <KPDL> { [ KP_Delete, KP_Decimal ] };
// End "Keypad" section
-
// begin modifier mappings
modifier_map Shift { Shift_R };
modifier_map Control{ Control_R };
@@ -217,18 +216,12 @@
key <LSGT> { [ less, greater ] };
};
-// definition for the extra keys on 104-key "Windows95" keyboards
+// definition for the extra keys on 104-key "Windows" keyboards
xkb_symbols "pc104" {
include "us(generic101)"
- key <LALT> { [ Alt_L ] };
- key <RALT> { [ Alt_R ] };
- key <LWIN> { [ Meta_L ] };
- key <RWIN> { [ Multi_key ] };
+ key <LWIN> { [ Super_L ] };
+ key <RWIN> { [ Super_R ] };
key <MENU> { [ Menu ] };
-
- // modifier mappings
- modifier_map Mod1 { Alt_L, Alt_R };
- modifier_map Mod4 { Meta_L, Meta_R };
};
// definition of Euro-style, Right "logo" key == [Mode_switch, Multi_key]
@@ -244,7 +237,7 @@
key <RWIN> { [ Multi_key ] };
};
-// defintion which includes both the Windows95 keyboards _and_
+// defintion which includes both the Windows keyboards _and_
// the extra key on most European keyboards.
xkb_symbols "pc105" {
include "us(pc104)"
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