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Re: Alt-Left Meta key problem in .02 Beta
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Re: Alt-Left Meta key problem in .02 Beta


  • Subject: Re: Alt-Left Meta key problem in .02 Beta
  • From: Ovidiu Predescu <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 20:37:08 -0800

On Wednesday, Feb 26, 2003, at 13:41 US/Pacific, Joe Davison wrote:

On Friday, Feb 14, 2003, at 03:44 US/Pacific, Rick Taube wrote:

Have you tried disabling both "Follow system keyboard layout" and
"Enable key equivalents under X11" in the Preference settings?

yes, both these are disabled but I still cant get Alt-Left activated as the Meta key.
my ~/.xinitrc has the line:


if [ -f $usermodmap ]; then
    xmodmap $usermodmap




This one belongs in the FAQ tile! I asked a similar question in comp.sys.mac.apps a week or so ago and have posted this answer to this list before as well:

The "Follow system keyboard layout" preference in the X11 prefs is on by default -- and somehow undoes the xmodmap after it's run. Turn it off and the problem goes away.

I've done exactly this, but it still doesn't help. Without the .xmodmap file, the command key behaves as alt, but with it I get no meta key at all. Really weird...


Here's my .xmodmap:

clear Shift
clear Lock
clear Control
clear Mod1
clear Mod2
clear Mod3
clear Mod4
clear Mod5
keycode 63 = Meta_L
keycode 66 = Alt_L
add    Shift   = Shift_L Shift_R
add    Control = Control_L
add    Mod1    = Alt_L
add    Mod2    = Mode_switch

I have a TiBook 800MHz running 10.2.4 with X11 0.2.

Any hints are greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Ovidiu
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