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Date:      21 Apr 2001 09:50:15 -0700
From:      Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>
To:        freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   alt/meta on toshiba
Message-ID:  <m31yqm42rq.fsf@gnus.cvs.983032537>

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Running 4.2-STABLE
On a Toshiba 4005CDS

I'm an emacs user and would like to use the left alt on my keyboard
for emacs `meta' key rather than having to use ESC.

It seems pressing the left alt key doesn't send any keysym at all. Not
only not to emacs which can be checked with `C-h l' after pressing keys,
but not to the terminal either.  

This may not be the most sophisticated way to check but I checked by
typing: `cat <RET>'

Then typing ALT-b.  All I see is the `b'
Where as Ctrl-b shows ^b

Is this a hardware thing that cannot be changed or something OS
related I can do to make the left alt key work for emacs?


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