Jeez, looks kinda dead here. But maybe Ivan or another guru is
checking in betimes.

New Slackware 14.2 install, Emacs 24.5

I have configured the keyboard so that:

(1) Caps Lock -> Control
(2) Left Control key -> ALT_L

(1) is fine everywhere.

(2) works in twm (ALT-button-1 puts a window behind)
works in X console select (ALT-F{1-7})
works in Emacs-24.5-with-x11 running in its own window (M-x whatever)
works in Emacs-24.5-with-x11 running in a console (M-x whatever)

fails in Emacs-24.5-with-x11 -nw in an xterm
fails in Emacs-24.5-no-x11 in an xterm
fails in Emacs-24.5-with-x11 via telnet in an xterm on another host


In the fail cases, ALT-x -> o-with slash; Alt-p -> edh character.

The left ALT key fails in the same way as the left Control key
configured to be ALT. So ALT-x isn't M-x in emacs -nw.

I've been regularly dumping new versions of Emacs and using Emacs
20.7.2 ever since I started with Slackware 8 circa 1999. The
(reconfigured) ALT key has been fine. Not with 24.5. Is there a fix/workaround or should I just go back to 20.7?

(Yes, I know 24.5 is itself now long in the tooth. Bandwidth and
other factors constrain me to get the version that's in the distro
working. Too many other tedious details/tasks involved in the install
to mess with yet anothe package just now.)

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Mike Spencer Nova Scotia, Canada

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Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> writes:

I have configured the keyboard so that:

(1) Caps Lock -> Control
(2) Left Control key -> ALT_L

What xmodmap commands/configuration are you using to do this, and
what keycode does xev show for left alt/left control?

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Vladimir Sedach
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Vladimir Sedach <vsedach@oneofus.la> writes:

Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> writes:

I have configured the keyboard so that:

(1) Caps Lock -> Control
(2) Left Control key -> ALT_L

What xmodmap commands/configuration are you using to do this, and
what keycode does xev show for left alt/left control?

Thanks for replying. I have a fix from someone on gnu.emacs.help.
For the record, it is to put:

XTerm*metaSendsEscape: true

in ~/.Xresources or as arg to the -xrm switch when starting the xterm
in which (a recent version of) emacs -nw is to be run. Needs to be
done also on a remote host when running (recent) emacs via telnet in
an xterm on the remote host. Seems to be the answer after assorted
tests.

My ~/.Xmodmap seems to do the right thing for everything else I do in
X so I'll spare you the many lines of that file and output from xmodmap
(-pm | -pke). (But I'll be back if something further goes awry. :-)

Tnx,
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Mike Spencer Nova Scotia, Canada

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Vladimir Sedach <vsedach@oneofus.la> writes:

Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> writes:

I have configured the keyboard so that:

(1) Caps Lock -> Control
(2) Left Control key -> ALT_L

What xmodmap commands/configuration are you using to do this, and
what keycode does xev show for left alt/left control?

These are OS related settings. On MacOS,

Preference > Keyboard > Modifier Keys.

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Pankaj Jangid

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