Re: mac os x 10.4 emacs keys with Xmodmap

[B . Smith-Mannschott]

On Sep 22, 2005, at 11:59, arno wrote:
> not withstanding some hints here. i cannot get to use the meta/alt  
> keys
> in gnuemacs in the X11 environment.

I use Emacs under X11.app on Mac OS 10.4 (previously on 10.3 as  
well). I find that I can use the command key as meta and the option  
key to enter international characters (as in any Mac program).  I  
don't know what's different here than on your machine, but here are  
the specifics:

X11.app:
    Preferences:
        "Enable keyboard shortcuts under X11" is disabled.
        "Use the system keyboard layout" is disabled.

Emacs:
    21.3.50.1 built and installed with the fink package manager.  
I've also used emacs build from cvs sources in the past and had a  
working meta key.

.xinitrc:
    1. loads .Xresources, which defines Emacs.Font: 6x13
    2. execs quartz-wm

    I have not customized .Xmodmap (the file doesn't exist on my  
system: neither in my home directory, nor in /etc/X11/xinit/.)

I searched through my .emacs, but didn't find any customizations that  
seemed related to Mac OS or meta keys.

I have noticed one *odd* thing with this command key behavior: it  
works fine as meta for emacs (both executed locally and when running  
on a remote machine but displaying here). It does not work as Meta  
when I'm displaying a remotely executing Eclipse instance, so there's  
clearly still some X keyboard voodoo I'm not understanding.

HTH
// Ben