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Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 18:36:46 +0930
From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>
Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>,
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Subject: Alt and Meta mapping (was: possible sc0 problem)
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On Mon, Oct 13, 1997 at 09:08:01AM +0200, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> In message <3379.876677865@time.cdrom.com>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" writes:
>>> Can you remmeber where we have that special version of the pointed
>>> hat that says "POLA" in large friendly letters on the front ?
>>
>> Not much of an argument for me since the very first time I tried
>> to use this without a custom keymap, POLA was violated.  I *expect*
>> that to be my META key and evidently so do a number of other folks.
>
> I would like to point out that most laptops only have the left
> alt key easily accessible...
>
> [CTRL] + [Fn] + [Alt] + [SQRT(3.141592)] doesn't count as easy.

Most laptops, mine included require some remapping anyway.  I don't
think that there's an easy way to solve all problems.  Inmy case, I'd
rather have Alt as Meta, and use [Fn] [Alt] on the few occasions I
want to switch VTs.

Greg