I just jumped back into XEmacs on X, and I can't get the damned Meta
key working. I tried looking at:
$man xmodmap
$man loadkeys
$man showkey
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/keymap
I can't get the darn Meta key to work. What can I do to get this Meta
key to work? Or more succinctly, how can I make the Alt key act like
the Meta Key?
Below are the errors reported by XEmacs when I press Alt on my keyboard.
(1) (key-mapping/warning)
The meanings of the modifier bits Mod1 through Mod5 are by the
keysyms used to control those bits. Mod1 does NOT always mean
Meta, although some non-ICCCM-compliant programs assume that.
(2) (key-mapping/warning)
Two distinct modifier keys (such as Meta and Hyper) cannot
generate the same modifier bit, because Emacs won't be able to
tell which modifier was actually held down when some other key
is pressed. It won't be able to tell Meta-x and Hyper-x apart,
for example. Change one of these keys to use some other modifier
bit. If you intend for these keys to have the same behavior,
then change them to have the same keysym as well as the same
modifier bit.
(3) (key-mapping/warning) XEmacs: Meta_L (0x73) generates both Mod1
and Mod4, which is nonsensical.
(4) (key-mapping/warning) XEmacs: Alt_R (0x71) generates Mod1, which
is generated by Meta.
brian
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