Mark Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I, like Thomas Vaughan, have been having problems getting emacs to > recognise the Alt key under X. (The system is a Toshiba laptop.) > > Daniel Martin wrote: > > > What is the result of the following commands: > > xmodmap > > xmodmap -pke | grep -E '64|11[356]' > > Here are the results: > > $ xmodmap > xmodmap: up to 2 keys per modifier, (keycodes in parentheses): > > shift Shift_L (0x32), Shift_R (0x3e) > lock Caps_Lock (0x42) > control Control_L (0x25), Control_R (0x6d) > mod1 Alt_L (0x40), Alt_R (0x71) > mod2 Num_Lock (0x4d) > mod3 > mod4 Meta_L (0x73), Meta_R (0x74) > mod5 Scroll_Lock (0x4e) > > $ xmodmap -pke | grep -E '64|11[356]' > keycode 64 = Alt_L > keycode 113 = Alt_R > keycode 115 = Meta_L > keycode 116 = Meta_R > > I can't see anything particularly wrong here - but then, I'm no expert. > Is something not right?
The `problem' is that the Alt keys aren't acting as the Meta keys - instead, your X is configured to have the Windows-Logo keys act as Meta. XFree86 does this if you tell it that you have a 104-key keyboard (the keyboards without these amusing keys are 101-key keyboards). Based on earlier correspondence with the original person who posted this problem, I think that XFree86 may now default to 104-key keyboard behavior unless you tell it otherwise. Anyway, there are two ways to fix this: 1) Tell XFree86 that you have a 101-key keyboard. I wouldn't do this unless you actually do have a 101-key keyboard, as I'm uncertain whether or not XFree86 will then freak out when you accidentally hit one of the Win95 keys. It's probably still safe, but you might want do just go with solution (2) anyway. You can do this by editing /etc/X11/XF86Config - if you have something a group of lines that begins with 'section "Keyboard"', change that group of lines to read: Section "Keyboard" Protocol "Standard" XkbRules "xfree86" XkbModel "pc101" XkbLayout "us" EndSection Actually, if you already have such a section I'd leave it in place and just change the "XkbModel" line. If you don't have a us keyboard layout, then either re-run XF86Setup and choose your keyboard explicitly there, or use solution 2. You'll need to restart X for the changes to take effect. 2) Just force the Alt keys to act as Meta Add the following lines to the end of your /etc/X11/Xmodmap: keycode 64 = Alt_L Meta_L keycode 113 = Alt_R Meta_R Then either restart X or issue the command: xmodmap /etc/X11/Xmodmap Depending on how Emacs handles certain X events, you may need to exit Emacs and restart it. (I use Xemacs, which handles these events properly, and so don't know what Emacs does) (and before someone jumps in to say that the above lines will mean that you have to press Shift-Alt to use Meta, let me just point you to the xmodmap man page, q.v.) -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
