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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Keyboard maps
Date: 26 May 1996 18:59:28 GMT
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zach@blizzard.gaffaneys.com (Zach Heilig) wrote:

> Now if I could only solve the emacs meta-key thing.  I have an extra
> key on my keyboard (labeled 'macro') next to the left alt key, that
> could be used as the meta-key (though it seems that the alt- and
> shift-alt- isn't actually used for anything, except for switching
> terminals, anyway).
> 
> I have found out the hard way that you can't put multi-byte
> definitions in the keyboard map file, unless you like hitting the
> reset button.

Declare this key as one of the `alt' keys.  alt+key is automatically
converted inside syscons into ESC+key.

-- 
cheers, J"org

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