> - X window needs to distinguish between Meta and Alt keys
In the PC world, Meta and Alt have traditionally been on the same key,
and a lot of users and application developers expect it to be this
way. Early versions of XFree86 104 key xkb keymaps did separate Meta
from Alt as you suggest, and the resulting configuration turned out to
be unusable with a lot of Linux software (software tuned for Sun
machines was usually okay). Current versions of XFree86 put both Alt
and Meta on the Alt key(s), and put Super on the Windows keys.
The main thing to remember: XFree86 needs to be able to distinguish
between AltR and Mode_switch (AltGr). (Question to ponder: if you
have AltGr to the right of the space bar, where do you put Multi_key?)
Regards,
Juliusz
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