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From: tdwyer@netbsd08.dn.itg.telecom.com.au (Terry Dwyer)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: How to make alt=meta?
Date: 7 Oct 1995 20:14:10 +0800
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Darrel Herbst (dherbst@gradient.cis.upenn.edu) wrote:
: I looked at kcon & keycap, but kcon terminates with an ioctl() related
: error. 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?
try this in your .xsession (or wherever)
xmodmap -e "keysym Alt_L = Meta_L Alt_L"
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