Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 08:41:46 -0700 From: "Foster, Jim" <JFOSTER@CSKAUTO.COM> To: "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Meta-key and 104-key keyboard Message-ID: <BF4A830F5207D2119420006008A1DB147F086E@v128041.vandenberg.af.mil>
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Hi all; I have a 104-key keyboard on my FreeBSD box and I am trying to find a way to map the "funny little" windows key as the meta-key in the console since bash likes to use the meta key for certain editing functions. In the current mode, I need to press the ESC key and then some other key to do the meta function. I am hoping to find a way to re-map the windows key to do that for me. It appears I need to modify the keymap in /usr/share/syscons/keymaps, but I am not sure *what* needs to get changed or added. I have found prior postings on how to do this for X, but I can not seem to run X on this box (yet another sob story). If someone has some info for me, please let me know if this solution will work like the current ESC key (tap first key, then tap next key) or will it work like a CTRL key where it need to be pressed WHILE the other key is tapped. Thanks, and please be sure to cc directly to me since I don't subscribe to FreeBSD-questions because of the high volume. Jim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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