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Re: Alt and Meta modifiers
danielv@msil.sps.mot.com (Daniel Vainer) wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> When I work on my Sun station I bind a few emacs-function
> with Alt-something keys. And emacs binds a lot of its function
> with Meta-something. On Sun keyboard I have two separate
> modifiers Alt and Meta, so these definitions don't interfere.
> For example Meta-x is the execute-extended-command emacs function
> and Alt-x is the my own exit function.
>
> In Linux we have only one Alt modifier. All tools (I know
> about emacs and tcsh) use it as Meta modifier. Can I use left
> Alt as Meta and right Alt as Alt ? I tried to play with xmodmap
> but never had success. Does somebody knows way how to do this?
Make sure you have the following lines uncommented in your XF86Config file:
LeftAlt Meta
RightAlt ModeShift
(This should be in the "Keyboard" section)
Evgeny
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