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Date:      Sun, 30 Jan 2000 19:02:38 -0500
From:      Walter Brameld <brameld@twave.net>
To:        Eric Jacoboni <jaco@titine.fr.eu.org>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: your mail
Message-ID:  <00013019043000.00335@Bozo_3.BozoLand.domain>
In-Reply-To: <87g0vf169z.fsf@titine.fr.eu.org>
References:  <00013013480000.05236@Bozo_3.BozoLand.domain> <20000131010617.B20258@hades.hell.gr> <87g0vf169z.fsf@titine.fr.eu.org>

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On Sun, 30 Jan 2000, Eric Jacoboni wrote:
> Giorgos Keramidas <charon@hades.hell.gr> writes:
> 
> > On Sun, Jan 30, 2000 at 01:45:20PM -0500, Walter Brameld wrote:
> > >
> > > Thanks to Burke Gallagher, I now have "Code Commander" working. My
> > > question now is, what the heck is a "Meta" key? I've seen references
> > > to this, but have no idea what it is.
> > 
> > Oh, just another name for Alt on some systems, ESC on others, etc.  I've
> > even seen keyboards with a special 'Meta' key on them!!!
> > 
> > Try using ESC where Meta is referenced and see if it works.
> 
> On a PC, <Alt> is better than <ESC>, IMHO, as the latter works like "<ESC>
> _then_ a Key" while the former works like "<Alt> _and_ a Key" (like
> <Ctrl> do).
> 
I thought it was the Alt key also, but none of the above suggestions
work. Either Code Commander is messed up or something in my KDE
configuration is messing with it.

 --  
Walter

in·tel·lec·tu·al
n. Someone who has been educated past his/her level of intelligence.



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