From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 10 08:11:52 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52E3716A420 for ; Mon, 10 Oct 2005 08:11:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from kane.otenet.gr (kane.otenet.gr [195.170.0.95]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7972A43D53 for ; Mon, 10 Oct 2005 08:11:51 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from flame.pc (aris.bedc.ondsl.gr [62.103.39.226]) by kane.otenet.gr (8.13.4/8.13.4/Debian-1) with SMTP id j9A8BmSi008725; Mon, 10 Oct 2005 11:11:49 +0300 Received: from flame.pc (flame [127.0.0.1]) by flame.pc (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j9A8Adiq001633; Mon, 10 Oct 2005 11:10:39 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from keramida@localhost) by flame.pc (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id j9A8ATcq001624; Mon, 10 Oct 2005 11:10:29 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 11:10:29 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Leonidas Tsampros Message-ID: <20051010081029.GA1597@flame.pc> References: <200510091641.48542.kirk@strauser.com> <20051010072008.GA73347@bifteki.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20051010072008.GA73347@bifteki.lan> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Happy Hacking keyboard, Emacs, and meta X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 08:11:52 -0000 On 2005-10-10 10:20, Leonidas Tsampros wrote: >On Sun, Oct 09, 2005 at 04:41:42PM -0500, Kirk Strauser wrote: >> I have an older PS2 Happy Hacking Lite Keyboard (love it!), but I'm getting >> reacquainted with Emacs and one aspect of the keyboard is driving me nuts: I >> can't seem to get the diamond keys (like "Windows keys") to send only Meta to >> Emacs. >> [...] >> However, if I run Emacs and type C-h k (describe-key) and then M-a, for >> example, I get the error message "H-M-s-a is undefined" as though the >> keyboard is sending Hyper-Meta-shift(?)-a instead. >> >> I'd like to get this fixed ASAP, as using ESC for Meta for the rest of my life >> doesn't seem too appealing. > > When i use xterm , i have the following resource set: > > [-xrm] 'XTerm*metaSendsEscape: true' > > This one really helps when you've got to play with emacs or irssi. Heh, indeed! Any chance of getting two distinct keysyms, so that left Alt sends Meta but is a different keysym from Escape?