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- From: meir@tfs.com (Meir Zaid)
- Subject: Re: Alt/Meta doesn't work
- Message-ID: <9207231600.AA22544@athena.TFS>
- Sender: daemon@cis.ohio-state.edu
- Organization: Gatewayed from the GNU Project mailing list help-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu
- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 16:00:35 GMT
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- > 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.)
-
- My problem wasn't only the M-x , non of the Meta key combinations were
- recognized. Both my left and right Alt keys did not generate a Meta.
- I fixed it with the following suggestion from a few net people:
-
- clear mod1
- add mod1 = Meta_L
-
- Thanks.
-
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