Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 11:10:29 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Leonidas Tsampros <ltsampros@upnet.gr> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Happy Hacking keyboard, Emacs, and meta Message-ID: <20051010081029.GA1597@flame.pc> In-Reply-To: <20051010072008.GA73347@bifteki.lan> References: <200510091641.48542.kirk@strauser.com> <20051010072008.GA73347@bifteki.lan>
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On 2005-10-10 10:20, Leonidas Tsampros <ltsampros@upnet.gr> wrote: >On Sun, Oct 09, 2005 at 04:41:42PM -0500, Kirk Strauser wrote: >> I have an older PS2 Happy Hacking Lite Keyboard (love it!), but I'm getting >> reacquainted with Emacs and one aspect of the keyboard is driving me nuts: I >> can't seem to get the diamond keys (like "Windows keys") to send only Meta to >> Emacs. >> [...] >> However, if I run Emacs and type C-h k (describe-key) and then M-a, for >> example, I get the error message "H-M-s-a is undefined" as though the >> keyboard is sending Hyper-Meta-shift(?)-a instead. >> >> I'd like to get this fixed ASAP, as using ESC for Meta for the rest of my life >> doesn't seem too appealing. > > When i use xterm , i have the following resource set: > > [-xrm] 'XTerm*metaSendsEscape: true' > > This one really helps when you've got to play with emacs or irssi. Heh, indeed! Any chance of getting two distinct keysyms, so that left Alt sends Meta but is a different keysym from Escape?
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