On 3/14/2012 7:19 AM, Leo wrote:
Hi there
I try to set up emacs in a way that I can use key bindings like H-x
(Hyper + character x). In NT emacs the alt key could be configured to
issue the hyper or super modifier code and NOT the Meta modifier.
In Cygwin emacs under X I am not able to achieve this: Normal behavior
is that Alt issues Meta (M-x for example), but then there is no
distinction between alt and escape. :-(
I'm not sure wether this is an emacs or an X server issue, but I *think*
it is an emacs issue (therefor I send it to the cygwin list and not to
the cygwin-xfree list): Via the X tool xmodemap I tried to set the
"mod1" modifier, but in emacs it gets mapped to "Meta".
When xmodmap prints the following mapping:
shift Shift_L (0x32), Shift_R (0x3e)
lock Caps_Lock (0x42)
control Control_L (0x25), Control_R (0x6d)
mod1 Alt_R (0x71)
mod2
mod3
mod4
mod5
emacs understands Alt as meta. So far so good.
Than I changed it via an .xmodmaprc file it to "mod2", so xmodmap prints
the following:
shift Shift_L (0x32), Shift_R (0x3e)
lock Caps_Lock (0x42)
control Control_L (0x25), Control_R (0x6d)
mod1
mod2 Alt_R (0x71)
mod3
mod4
mod5
but Cgwin emacs still maps Alt to meta! I tried mod3-mod5 as well, but
no luck, emacs seems to map all modifier apart from control and shift to
meta, instead mapping some to Hyper (H- ) or Super (S- )
Your questions really do seem to be about X. I think you're more likely
to get help if you send this to the cygwin-xfree list. I myself don't
have a clue.
Also, are you sure this is a Cygwin issue? Do you have the same problem
on Linux? Keep in mind that Cygwin tries to provide Linux-like behavior
in general, and emacs is no exception.
Ken
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