Bug#241034: xlibs: Meta key not working in emacs with XkbOptions altwin:left_meta_win
On Tue, Mar 30, 2004 at 02:51:22PM +0200, Felix Kuehling wrote:
> Package: xlibs
> Version: 4.3.0-7
> Severity: normal
>
> The meta key stopped working after upgrading to XFree86 4.3. This is with
> XkbOptions set to "altwin:left_meta_win, compose:menu". It used to work with
> XFree86 4.2.x. The left windows-key was Meta.
[...]
> I made some experiments with xev, once with altwin:left_meta_win,compose:menu,
> once without it. It's funny that Alt_L+X produces the same result in both
> cases, but with the XkbOptions emacs doesn't recognize Alt_L+X. :-/
Are these keys working right in xterm? If yes, this is most likely an
emacs problem, it looks similar to
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=165814&msg=7
Denis
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