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Date:      Mon, 10 Oct 2005 12:10:19 -0500
From:      Kirk Strauser <kirk@strauser.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Happy Hacking keyboard, Emacs, and meta
Message-ID:  <200510101210.26003.kirk@strauser.com>
In-Reply-To: <200510091641.48542.kirk@strauser.com>
References:  <200510091641.48542.kirk@strauser.com>

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On Sunday 09 October 2005 16:41, 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.

Egad.  I just realized I have almost the exact same problem on a different=
=20
PC with a plain Dell 104-key keyboard: C-h k "alt a" returns "A-a is=20
undefined", while C-h k "windows a" returns "H-M-s-a is undefined".

Since the two keyboards have the alt and "extra" keys in opposite positions=
,=20
I think I'm going to have to pick which order I'm going to map them both=20
two and redefine my keyboard shortcuts to use the common mapping.  Ugh. =20
This is turning into more of a project than I'd initially wanted to=20
tackle.  :-/
=2D-=20
Kirk Strauser

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