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- From: adam@dadhb1.ti.com (Adam Hudd)
- Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help
- Subject: Re: Alt/Meta doesn't work
- Message-ID: <ADAM.92Jul23084502@node_4914a.dadhb1.ti.com>
- Date: 23 Jul 92 13:45:02 GMT
- References: <1992Jul22.182653.3520@tfs.com>
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- In-Reply-To: meir@tfs.com's message of 22 Jul 92 18:26:53 GMT
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- meir@tfs.com (Meir Zaid) writes:
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- > 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.
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- > Is this an emacs problem or is it because my new monitor? It worked fine
- > when I was using an NCD X terminal.
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- I found the same problem as soon as I upgraded my HP425t from 10.3.5 to 10.4.
- You have to have Mod1 defined as ALT; just type:
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- xmodmap -e 'add Mod1 = Alt_L'
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- in any shell. To make this more permanent, put this in you ~/.Xmodmap file:
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- add Mod1 = Meta_L
- add Mod1 = Alt_L
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