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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: How to make alt=meta? Date: 11 Oct 1995 15:24:36 +0100 Organization: None Lines: 26 Message-ID: <45gk34$p30@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> References: <44imir$131@netnews.upenn.edu> <44n8hq$jjb@uriah.heep.sax.de> <44sbrb$7v7@netnews.upenn.edu> X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Darrel Herbst (dherbst@gradient.cis.upenn.edu) wrote: : 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... I've changed the mapping to "meta" rather than ESC - it doesn't switch consoles, but works as far as holding it down while pressing something else. -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....