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Date:      Mon, 3 Mar 1997 13:30:32 -0700 (MST)
From:      Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
To:        mark@seeware.DIALix.oz.au (Mark Hannon)
Cc:        zach@blizzard.gaffaneys.com, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Alt key in syscons
Message-ID:  <199703032030.NAA08478@phaeton.artisoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970302124402.27290A-100000@doorway.seeware.DIALix.oz.au> from "Mark Hannon" at Mar 2, 97 12:47:13 pm

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[ ... meta key keymap ... ]

> Well I've installed this keymap (changing back to the default boot
> behaviour & backspace behaviour) and hey presto not only does xemacs
> work on the console, but I can also use the Meta key in tcsh.
> 
> Is there any reason why this shouldn't be the default keymap?  Does
> it break something?  If not I can go through all the standard keymaps
> and modify them for this and send it to ?? for submission.

Because it conflicts with the default keycode translation used by X
to implement "input methods" for non-US users for "compose key"
and "non-US keyboard" mapping behaviours?


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.



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