| Jeff Abrahamson on Wed, 8 May 2002 09:50:13 +0200 |
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Note also the ability of xkeycaps to help you figure these things out experimentally. My work machine comes up with a bad delete key. I've never gotten it fixed properly in the startup scripts, but I can fix it in a few seconds with xkeycaps, and the X server only restarts once every four to six months (due to power outages or other maintenance things in the building). -Jeff On Wed, May 08, 2002 at 02:10:31AM -0400, gabriel rosenkoetter wrote: > On Tue, May 07, 2002 at 09:59:49AM -0400, Samantha wrote: > > I tried to map the Alt Key to a Meta Key using xmodmap: > > xmodmap -e "keysym Alt_L = Meta_L Alt_L" > > Why? XF86 should do this for you. > > Oh, wait, maybe that's just a default in my world. In your > XF86Config's Keyboard section, you want: > > LeftAlt Meta > RightAlt ModeShift > > ... or whatever you think's appropriate. > > (Check the relevant man pages, of course.) > > You'll need to restart X after doing so. > > > So I held down the left Alt key so I could type "high_ASCII" and when I > > hit keys, nothing appears.Why? > > What are your environment settings for LANG and LC_CTYPE? This > should only affect display, not your ability to type the keys. I've > got a feeling your xmodmap changes were either unnecessary or > ineffective. > > -- > gabriel rosenkoetter > gr@eclipsed.net -- Jeff Jeff Abrahamson <http://www.purple.com/jeff/> The Big Book of Misunderstanding, now in bookstores and on the web: <http://www.misunderstanding.net/buystuff.html> Attachment:
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