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From: dherbst@gradient.cis.upenn.edu (Darrel Herbst)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: How to make alt=meta?
Date: 3 Oct 1995 22:01:15 GMT
Organization: University of Pennsylvania
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J Wunsch (j@uriah.heep.sax.de) wrote:
: Darrel Herbst <dherbst@gradient.cis.upenn.edu> wrote:
: >Would someone be willing to explain what has to be done to map
: >the left-alt key to function as the meta key at the tcsh prompt & in
: >emacs?

: Which console driver, syscons [default], or pcvt?

syscons.  I changed the mapping in the map file that I load, but now
the left alt cannot be used to toggle the virt. terminals (because I
mapped it to ESC).  Also, I can't hold it down and repeatedly hit 'v'
to pageup in emacs, but I have to hit it like ESC and let it up every
time... is there some way to just be able to hold down the ALT like
CTL works?

Thanks...