Here is the command to activate the Meta key
vi
-- Andy
At 12/13/99 11:55:00 PM, you wrote:
>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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>Brian Lavender
>http://www.brie.com/brian/
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