Re: Sanest way to make emacs behave on a Solaris OS

[Stefan Monnier]

> shift       Shift_L (0x32),  Shift_R (0x3e)
> lock        Caps_Lock (0x42)
> control     Control_L (0x25),  Control_R (0x6d)
> mod1        Alt_L (0x40)
> mod2        Num_Lock (0x4d)
> mod3      
> mod4        Meta_L (0x73),  Meta_R (0x74),  Super_L (0x7f),  Hyper_L (0x80)
> mod5        Mode_switch (0x5d),  ISO_Level3_Shift (0x71),  ISO_Level3_Shift 
> (0x7c)

There you go: Alt on `mod1' and Meta on `mod4'.
So, a possible solution:

   xmodmap -e 'remove mod4 = Meta_L Meta_R'
   xmodmap -e 'add mod1 = Meta_L Meta_R'

so both your Meta and Alt keys will behave as one and the same modifier
(probably called "Alt" in most programs and "Meta" in Emacs).


        Stefan