Re: Alt-Left Meta key problem in .02 Beta
Re: Alt-Left Meta key problem in .02 Beta
- Subject: Re: Alt-Left Meta key problem in .02 Beta
- From: P T Withington <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 06:36:43 -0500
On Thursday, Feb 27, 2003, at 01:02 US/Eastern,
email@hidden wrote:
Message: 8
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 20:37:08 -0800
Subject: Re: Alt-Left Meta key problem in .02 Beta
Cc: Rick Taube <email@hidden>, <email@hidden>,
<email@hidden>
To: Joe Davison <email@hidden>
From: Ovidiu Predescu <email@hidden>
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.
I think you just have your keys wrong. Here is the modmap I use for my
TiBook:
!
! On the TiBook, the following keys have caps as listed:
!
! 60 enter
! 64 shift (both shifts)
! 67 ctrl
! 68 fn-shift (both shifts)
! 66 option
! 63 "Clover"
! 59 delete
! 84 "enter" (fn-return)
! 118 (fn-enter)
! 125 "backspace" (fn-delete)
!
! The default mapping is:
! keycode 59 = BackSpace
! keycode 60 = KP_Enter
! keycode 63 = Meta_L
! keycode 64 = Shift_L
! keycode 65 = Caps_Lock
! keycode 66 = Alt_L
! keycode 67 = Control_L
! keycode 68 = Shift_R
! keycode 69 = Alt_R
! keycode 70 = Control_R
! keycode 125 = Delete
!
! I prefer to have meta on option and alt on "Clover"
! and have "delete" send delete, so emacs works in an
! xterm
keycode 60 = Meta_R
keycode 63 = Alt_L
keycode 66 = Meta_L
keycode 59 = Delete
keycode 125 = BackSpace
clear Mod1
clear Mod2
add Mod1 = Alt_L Alt_R
add Mod2 = Meta_L Meta_R
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