Meta is another name for Alt. Compose is on VT keyboards,
but not PC. I don't think Compose has any significance to
Unix.
I don't know anything about a Menu key.
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Phil Helms
Community College Computer Services
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> Subject: Compose, Alt, and Meta
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> Could someone explain the functions of the following keys
> under a typical un*x setup:
> Meta
> Compose
> Menu
> From my understanding, Meta is just another "selection"
> key, like Control or Alt. That is, it's just there for
> mapping special functions to it. But is Meta the Un*x
> version of Alt, or do they both typically exist together?
>
> Thanks,
> Bryan Scaringe
