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Re: mac os x 10.4 emacs keys with Xmodmap
From: |
B . Smith-Mannschott |
Subject: |
Re: mac os x 10.4 emacs keys with Xmodmap |
Date: |
Thu, 22 Sep 2005 20:50:23 +0200 |
On Sep 22, 2005, at 11:59, arno wrote:
not withstanding some hints here. i cannot get to use the meta/alt
keys
in gnuemacs in the X11 environment.
I use Emacs under X11.app on Mac OS 10.4 (previously on 10.3 as
well). I find that I can use the command key as meta and the option
key to enter international characters (as in any Mac program). I
don't know what's different here than on your machine, but here are
the specifics:
X11.app:
Preferences:
"Enable keyboard shortcuts under X11" is disabled.
"Use the system keyboard layout" is disabled.
Emacs:
21.3.50.1 built and installed with the fink package manager.
I've also used emacs build from cvs sources in the past and had a
working meta key.
.xinitrc:
1. loads .Xresources, which defines Emacs.Font: 6x13
2. execs quartz-wm
I have not customized .Xmodmap (the file doesn't exist on my
system: neither in my home directory, nor in /etc/X11/xinit/.)
I searched through my .emacs, but didn't find any customizations that
seemed related to Mac OS or meta keys.
I have noticed one *odd* thing with this command key behavior: it
works fine as meta for emacs (both executed locally and when running
on a remote machine but displaying here). It does not work as Meta
when I'm displaying a remotely executing Eclipse instance, so there's
clearly still some X keyboard voodoo I'm not understanding.
HTH
// Ben