Date: Sat, 5 Jul 1997 08:34:57 +0000 (GMT) From: Donn Miller <dmm125@bellatlantic.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: bugs@freebsd.org Subject: mapping <alt> to meta key in syscons Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970705082044.17884A-100000@myname.my.domain>
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Hi, I've been reading past news articles in *.freebsd.misc about the problems with syscons and using the <alt> key as meta (ESC) in emacs. Some postings suggested adding lines to .emacs and/or loading/modifying the right keyboard map with syscons - something about needing an 8th bit to get the syscons to recognize alt as meta. I basically need to know what to modify, and where. There are many possibilities; one is to modify the syscons.c, another is loading a different key map (I use the default configuration - US). Another posting suggested using kbdcontrol to change this. How is the <alt> key mapped by default in syscons? Also, what is the best way to fix it so that alt is mapped to meta in emacs? Actually, I was thinking that the "lowest level" solution was best, i.e., changing the syscons or kbdcontrol behavior instead of just simply remapping the keys under emacs. Presumably, I would think that a good solution would be to make the <alt> behave the same way as pcvt allows. Donn email: dmm125@bellatlantic.net phone: 412 547-9089
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