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Subject: Re: Emacs in FreeBSD Environment
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From: Dave Marquardt <marquard@zilker.net>
Date: 16 Mar 1998 22:35:17 -0600
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"David Lee" <David.Lee.ddlee@nt.com> writes:
> I am running FreeBSD 2.2.5 on a Pentium 75 with 16 Mb of RAM.  My question
> is about the Emacs editor.  When I run Emacs, my <ALT> key does not work as
> my <META> key.  Instead, I am forced to use my <ESC> key.  I prefer using
> the <ALT>.  When I use Emacs under Linux on the same machine, I can use the
> <ALT> without problems.
> 
> How would I go about changing things so that Emacs recognizes my <ALT> key.
> I think that it might have to do with keyboard mappings or translations
> under FreeBSD.  I would greatly appreciate help with this annoying problem
> as Emacs is my primary editor.  Thanks a ton.

Are you running X?  I noticed that if you select the X keyboard
extension (or something like that) when configuring XFree86, the ALT
key doesn't work as a Meta key.  If you don't select the X keyboard
stuff, ALT becomes Meta.  Sorry to be so vague, but it's a clue.
Check it out.

-Dave

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