----- 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.
OK, here's a solution that works for me for xfree86 (should be tried
under xorg too):
clear Mod1
add Mod1 = Mode_switch
this goes in $HOME/.Xmodmap and you possibly need to run
xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap at the prompt at the beginning of the
session.
I will need to go through all the Mod's and see what needs to be
done and make sure this doesn't break anything else. However, this
gives access to all the characters that needs the opt key modifier
and it doesn't break control or Meta keys in emacs.
I figured it out with help from Mathias Meyer (thanks) and with the
use of xev.
/henrik
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