Date: 16 Mar 1998 22:35:17 -0600 From: Dave Marquardt <marquard@zilker.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Emacs in FreeBSD Environment Message-ID: <857m5ulyt6.fsf@localhost.zilker.net> In-Reply-To: "David Lee"'s message of "Mon, 16 Mar 1998 08:43:16 -0600" References: <1141744A9866D111B6C90000F8BCBC240CA586@bcarua63.ca.nortel.com>
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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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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