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: Jeremy Huddleston <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 14:28:10 -0800
On Dec 31, 2010, at 14:21, Ambrose LI wrote:
> 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.
Well I didn't use it as my original source. My experience and history serve as my original source. I just provide the reference because it matches with what I've been saying and "know to be true".
If you think differnetly, feel free to provide references of your own.
When you use a Type 6 keyboard, meta is mapped to command, so it makes sense that command should be mapped to meta.
--Jeremy
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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>) |
| | >Re: xmodmap, readline, and ye olde meta key (From: Ambrose LI <email@hidden>) |