>>>>> "Dale" == Dale Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Dale> My apologies for posting off topic. I want to bind the Alt
Dale> key to the Meta key in Emacs. Is there a simple 'newbie' way
Dale> to do that?
OT is no problem...
But you could have been more specific ...
I suppose you are referring to the problem, that the meta-function in
X is not bound to alt like at the console (M-x ...)
One way to achieve what I'm interpreting you are asking for is to use
xmodmap to remap the function keys.
man xmodmap
Use xev to get the keycode number and then associate a function
like (my .xmodmaprc):
remove Lock = Caps_Lock #no lock
keycode 66 = Mode_switch #but Mod_switch instead of Caps_Lock
keycode 64 = Meta_L # !!! Alt will work like M- in emacs
keycode 115 = Escape # windoze-keys
keycode 116 = Escape # -"-
keycode 117 = F1 #
Save this to a file like .xmodmaprc
and have your .xsession call xmodmap
xmodmap ~/.xmodmaprc
HTH
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