Re: xmodmap, readline, and ye olde meta key
Re: xmodmap, readline, and ye olde meta key
- Subject: Re: xmodmap, readline, and ye olde meta key
- From: Ambrose LI <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 17:21:01 -0500
2010/12/31 Jeremy Huddleston <email@hidden>:
>
> On Dec 31, 2010, at 12:56, Ambrose LI wrote:
[stuff deleted]
>> In terms of functionality
>> mapping, certainly bash treats it as a control key which would imply
>> that it should be mapped to Command, but before that "Meta" was
>> traditionally used to get alternate characters and so it ought to be
>> "Option".
>
> Uhm... no. I think you are confusing with AltGr. I provided URL references for a reason:
No, I did mean Meta, not AltGr.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AltGr_key
>
> """
> In Mac OS X, the Option key has functions similar to the AltGr key.
> """
Don't trust Wikipedia too much. You will know this if you ever tried
to edit articles and find out how hard it is to get things you know to
be true to be not reverted back.
--
cheers,
-ambrose
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does anyone know how to fix Snow Leopard? it broke input method
switching and is causing many typing mistakes so it is very annoying
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| | >xmodmap, readline, and ye olde meta key (From: "James K. Lowden" <email@hidden>) |
| | >Re: xmodmap, readline, and ye olde meta key (From: Richard Cobbe <email@hidden>) |
| | >Re: xmodmap, readline, and ye olde meta key (From: Jeremy Huddleston <email@hidden>) |
| | >Re: xmodmap, readline, and ye olde meta key (From: Ambrose LI <email@hidden>) |
| | >Re: xmodmap, readline, and ye olde meta key (From: Jeremy Huddleston <email@hidden>) |