On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 12:07 PM, Thomas Adam <[email protected]> wrote: > On 5 February 2010 09:36, Johann "Myrkraverk" Oskarsson > <[email protected]> wrote:
Snipped, and thank you. >> And on the subject of keybindings, why is that I use M (meta) to say >> "alt" when my meta and alt keys are different according to xev? > > For that very reason -- Meta doesn't *have* to refer to Alt, since > some keyboards (Sun, I believe) do have an actual "Meta" key. Honestly, I don't follow. I have my windows key generate Meta [*] and find it slightly disturbing that I use M for Alt. How do I refer to my Meta key? Not that I really want to, I use it extensively in Emacs. Johann [*] I have, elsewhere, a PlayStation 2 keyboard, which has meta keys as well, but they send the windows key key-code. At least I believe they are Meta, they have a diamond [ <> ] symbol on on them (*not* the two <, > symbols I use in ascii art) and located where the windows key is on PC keyboards. I'll add that these keyboards never went on the common market.
