I think there are two religious organizations here, I wasn't looking to
convert, not at least for PERL coding. :)
brian
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andy Wergedal [mailto:awerg@creativepage.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 1999 12:14 AM
> To: lug-nuts@saclug.org
> Subject: Re: [lug-nuts] Meta Key in XEmacs
>
>
> 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
> >--
> >Brian Lavender
> >http://www.brie.com/brian/
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