I am running XDarwin1.02/XFree86 4.0.3 on an Apple Powerbook G4 and I cannot get the Alt key to work. I thought it was supposed to be bound to the Option key by default but when am in X it does nothing. I need to find a way to remap either the option key or the Apple Command key to the alt key (keysym Alt_L ??).
Here is my xmodmap output:
xmodmap: up to 2 keys per modifier, (keycodes in parentheses):
shift Shift_L (0x40), Shift_R (0x44) lock Caps_Lock (0x41) control Control_L (0x43), Control_R (0x46) mod1 Mode_switch (0x42), Alt_R (0x45) mod2 Meta_L (0x3f) mod3 mod4 mod5
When I use xev to get event information on the option key I get:
KeyPress event, serial 25, synthetic NO, window 0xe00001,
root 0x3a, subw 0x0, time 1838131499, (141,-162), root:(1114,293),
state 0x0, keycode 66 (keysym 0xffe7, Meta_L), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 0 bytes: ""KeyRelease event, serial 25, synthetic NO, window 0xe00001,
root 0x3a, subw 0x0, time 1838132179, (141,-162), root:(1114,293),
state 0x8, keycode 66 (keysym 0xffe7, Meta_L), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 0 bytes: ""The command key event information is:
KeyPress event, serial 20, synthetic NO, window 0xe00001,
root 0x3a, subw 0x0, time 1838245299, (97,-75), root:(1070,380),
state 0x0, keycode 63 (keysym 0xffe7, Meta_L), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 0 bytes: ""KeyRelease event, serial 25, synthetic NO, window 0xe00001,
root 0x3a, subw 0x0, time 1838245383, (97,-75), root:(1070,380),
state 0x10, keycode 63 (keysym 0xffe7, Meta_L), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 0 bytes: ""What I need is a way to translate this key event information into an xmodmap incantation that will give me ALT functionality on one of those keys. The xmodmap documentation is pretty thin, I came up empty searching the list archives, and I was not able to google up an useful info either so I'm asking here. Any xmodmap-guru advice or pointers to documentation/info on making this work are greatly appreciated.
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