Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 11:16:02 -0400 (EDT) From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Alt and Meta mapping (was: possible sc0 problem) Message-ID: <199710131516.LAA08855@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <25390.876733912@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <19971013183646.08998@lemis.com> <25390.876733912@critter.freebsd.dk>
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<<On Mon, 13 Oct 1997 11:11:52 +0200, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> said: > In message <19971013183646.08998@lemis.com>, Greg Lehey writes: >> 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. > Great fine and all that, just remember that all the people who have > set up X apps (netscape!) for ALT-foo will loose with this change. No they won't. I have had a META key in X for six years, and all the applications behave the right way---even Netscrape. All they really care about is that the modifier bit is set. (Well, xterm does notice, and does the right thing---set the high bit!) -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | O Siem / We are all family / O Siem / We're all the same wollman@lcs.mit.edu | O Siem / The fires of freedom Opinions not those of| Dance in the burning flame MIT, LCS, CRS, or NSA| - Susan Aglukark and Chad Irschick
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