Well, in my opinion the X server install should detect that you've changed these files and not overwrite them. I might also be so bold as to suggest that the package maintainer should add a keymap which is "normal" like we like it (does not change the tried and true meaning of the ALT key) and make it the default.
Lee Bradshaw wrote: > Thanks for the help Jens. > > I had indeed modified the X server to use xkb in order to get backspace > working properly. I edited the /usr/lib/X11/xkb/keymap/xfree86 to change > xkb_symbols from pc105 to pc101. As you pointed out pc105 was mapping my > alt keys to alt and the non-existent windows keys to meta. > > Does anyone know of a better way to solve this problem? Should I have > rerun one of the X setup or config programs? > > On Mon, Jul 27, 1998 at 10:25:59AM -0400, Lee Bradshaw wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Sometime between Saturday and Monday morning my Alt keys stopped working > > in Xemacs. I thought the only change I made was adding > > > > (setq delete-key-deletes-forward t) > > > > however after backing out this change Alt still doesn't work. The > > Ctrl-Alt-Fx combination still works to change to a virtual terminal from > > X, so the alt key seems to be working. > > > > > > Ex. <Alt-x> prints "A-x not defined" in the minibuffer. "Esc-x" prints the > > correct "M-x". > > > > I tried to insert the character into a buffer with <Ctrl-q><Alt-x>. I > > received > > the following message in the minibuffer: > > > > key read cannot be inserted in a buffer: #<keypress-event alt-x> > > > > Does anyone have any suggestions on debugging this problem? > > -- > Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) > Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Jens B. Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
