On 1/30/06, Henrik Frisk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alexander K. Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Monday, January 30, 2006 2:11 pm
> Subject: Re: [Fink-users] xorg and aption/alt key
>
> > On 1/30/06, Henrik Frisk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > > > Apple's X11 in favour for xorg. Everything works great
> except I
> > > > can't> get the alt key to work. I've fiddled around with
> Xmodmap
> > > > without> getting a solution. A search on the net shows that
> it
> > > > isn't an unknown
> > > > > issue but I've been unable to solve it.
> > > > >
> > > > > I have a PB 1.67 with a Swedish keyboard (english system)
> > > > > Package manager version: 0.24.11
> > > > > Distribution version: 0.8.0.cvs
> > > > > xorg 6.8.2-35
> > > > >
> > > > > Any hints would be appreciated. (Since I can't type $, \, {
> > }, [,
> > > > ] or any
> > > > > other character involving the alt key I can't really do
> > > anything...)
> > > > >
> > > > > /henrik
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > This seems to be a common complaint about Xorg and non
> US/
> > > English
> > > > keyboards.
> > >
> > > Are you saying it's an issue that currnetly has no solution? I've
> > > fiddled around with xkeycaps too, but if I choose a MacX
> Ectended
> > > keyboard in xkeycaps, my cmd and alt keys won't give any
> kind of
> > > input. Also, I'm a little at lost with it. Maybe someone can give
> an
> > > answer to which modifier should the alt key on my keyboard
> be
> > > mapped to get the desired behaviour?
> > >
> > > /henrik
> > >
> > >
> > I'm saying that if there were a solution I didn't happen remember
> > it. :-)
> > I hope that someone else on the list who has also had this issue
> can
> > provide an answer, either positive or negative, so that I can
> document
> > it.
> >
> xfree86 has now finished compiling, and the alt key works in the
> xterm but NOT in emacs or OpenOffice (the only two I've tried so
> far). That's a small improvement anyway ;)
>
>
I believe there's an emacs mode to set the option key as meta.
http://members.shaw.ca/akochoi-emacs/stories/faq.html#GENERAL%20USER%20QUESTIONS4
--
Alexander K. Hansen
Fink Documenter
[Day Job] Levitated Dipole Experiment
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