redhat62_emacs_problem_alt_key_windows_key

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Subject: Emacs Alt != Esc in 6.2
From: Johnie Stafford <jms@pobox.com>
Date: 30 Jul 2000 16:00:31 -0500

OK, I finally upgraded to 6.2, which means there must be a new version
about to come out :)

I'm running into a problem in emacs (20.7), on my old 6.0 system you
could use the 'Alt-<key>' pair just like you would use the 'Esc <key>'
pair. That doesn't seem to be working with this version. Anybody have
a clue what I need to change to make that work?

	Johnie


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Subject: Re: Emacs Alt != Esc in 6.2
From: Gordon Messmer <yinyang@eburg.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:47:22 -0700 (PDT)

On 30 Jul 2000, Johnie Stafford wrote:
> This is in X. It now appears that the "Windows" key works in the place
> of the alt key. Sounds like either a keymap problem or a XKeysymDB
> problem. Possibly an Xmodmap issue.

In some versions of XFree86, I've had to manually specify the default
keyboard settings / options.  You can get them from the man page for
XF86Config.  I don't have them handy and longer, as I'm using XFree86
4.0.1  :)

MSG

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