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Date:      01 Aug 2005 10:14:01 -0400
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To:        Patrick Hamal <patrick.hamal@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: how to map metakey to ALT in Emacs
Message-ID:  <44pssx2192.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <39bf0405073108336ce9144d@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <39bf0405073108336ce9144d@mail.gmail.com>

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Patrick Hamal <patrick.hamal@gmail.com> writes:

> I would like to use my META (ALT in my keyboard) key instead of ESC.
> I'm using uk.cp850 keyboard and my ALT key doesn't work  on my
> console. I've tried to alter uk.cp850.kbd in
> /usr/share/syscons/keymaps, but I was unsuccessful.

[Don't modify those files in place, as they will be overwritten on
your next update.]

Note, for example, the '045' line in us.emacs.kbd; feed that line into
kbdcontrol(1), and I think you will see M-x start working (with ALT as
the Meta key).  Continue with the other letters of the alphabet...



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