> > So, when you run xev and press the left <option/alt> key, you get > > something like this: > > > > KeyRelease event, serial 27, synthetic NO, window 0x2200001, > > root 0x48, subw 0x0, time 71770797, (2,148), root:(574,566), > > state 0x8, keycode 64 (keysym 0xffe9, Alt_L), same_screen YES, > > XLookupString gives 0 characters: "" > > Yes: > > KeyPress event, serial 23, synthetic NO, window 0x3200001, > root 0x3a, subw 0x0, time 35199642, (337,-3), root:(349,45), > state 0x0, keycode 64 (keysym 0xffe9, Alt_L), same_screen YES, > XLookupString gives 0 characters: "" > > > But when you press the left <apple logo/command> key, you get: > > > > KeyRelease event, serial 27, synthetic NO, window 0x2200001, > > root 0x48, subw 0x0, time 71826060, (52,144), root:(624,562), > > state 0x40, keycode 115 (keysym 0xffe7, Meta_L), same_screen YES, > > XLookupString gives 0 characters: "" > > Yes: > > KeyPress event, serial 28, synthetic NO, window 0x3200001, > root 0x3a, subw 0x0, time 35201392, (337,-3), root:(349,45), > state 0x0, keycode 115 (keysym 0x0, NoSymbol), same_screen YES, > XLookupString gives 0 characters: "" > > > If so, it seems to me that Alt is Alt_L and Command is Meta_L as you > > wanted. So perhaps I'm not understanding the problem. > > No, it is not. My point is exactly that xmodmap and altwin:meta_win > aren't taking effect in :1, only in :1.
So, did you do the above xev on display :1 or :0? Or are they the same on both? > Even wierder still, my machine just froze. I was experimenting with > the console Apple USB keyboard, and when the system went up again, :0 > was fine as ever but now I can't do even accented characters in :1. It > looks like, but I'm not sure, :1 is taking the console keyboard > characters. Eerie... > > > OK. I think I understand the problem. We're not speaking the same > > language. emacs says Meta, but it often means the <alt> key on the > > keyboard. X has the notion of Alt, Meta, Super, and Hyper, where Alt is > > the symbol sent when pressing the <alt> key and (at least for Debian) > > Meta when pressing the <Apple-logo> key. > > This is what I expect, and what I get in :0 but not in :1. So, what I think you expect is that, running GNU emacs 21 in X11, you can press the <alt/option> key on your keyboard and (for example) the 'x' key and get an 'A-x' in emacs' minibuffer. And if you press <Apple-logo/command> and 'x', you'll get an 'M-x' in emacs' minibuffer. Is this right? > > This might be a problem where the Apple keymaps are not mapping the same > > as the do on x86. I think the <Windows-logo> key sends Super now, but it > > used to send Meta. I'll file a bug with Xfree. > > Wait until we are sure of understanding this better. I've already sent a fix, and it's been applied to CVS. I'd like the Apple keyboard maps to be as like the PC ones as possible. Frank
