home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help
- Path: sparky!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!inference.COM!jaf
- From: jaf@inference.COM (Jose A. Fernandez)
- Subject: Alt/Meta doesn't work
- Message-ID: <9207231421.AA13823@quaestor>
- Sender: jaf@inference.com
- Organization: Inference Corporation
- References: <1992Jul22.182653.3520@tfs.com>
- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 14:21:57 GMT
- Lines: 13
-
- I recently started to use an HP monitor, and since then my Alt key doesn't
- work with emacs. Xev tells me that Alt is defined as Meta so it should
- work. The Alt key works with other applications, like Framemaker, mwm or
- twm. The emacs version I am using is 18.55.8.
-
- Is this an emacs problem or is it because my new monitor? It worked fine
- when I was using an NCD X terminal.
-
- Using xev, you should see that "M-x" generates a keypress event for the
- character named "scaron," *not* the character "x" (with a Meta modifier). A
- little xmodmap-ery will fix your problem. (BTW: If you use the right (as in
- opposite of left) ALT key, "M-x" will work. I know... That's not very
- satisfying.)
-