On Fri, Jan 14, 2005 at 06:08:01PM -0800, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Fri, 14 Jan 2005, Chris Menzel wrote: > > > This seems to be LyX-specific. LeftAlt works fine as Meta under emacs and > > xemacs out of the box. But under LyX it works as I believe it is designed > > to by default, viz., like an Alt key, i.e., Alt-f brings up the File menu, > > Alt-d the Document menu, etc. The most I've been able to do using xmodmap > > is simply to deactivate Alt alt-ogether. :-) > > Chris, > > Have you tried the [Esc] key? I've found linux apps that accept that as > the meta key; emacs, for example.
Yes, Rich, I even tried that old standby -- but even if it worked I wouldn't count it as a solution! Would be like 20 years ego when I first learned emacs on a terminal to a DEC 2060. 1-2 punching the keyboard over and over to move forward by word? Never again! :-) -chris