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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