Thanks Damon, I don't have a windows keyboard, but this may help me in my hunt for the offending config file. There's something about windows keys in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xmodmap.std. Maybe fiddling with that will help.
On Sat, Nov 04, 2000 at 02:45:06PM +1100, Damon Muller wrote: > Hi Scott, > > Quoth Scott V. McGuire, > > In a recently installed and apg-get dist-upgraded potato, I can't use > > alt-x in emacs. Does anyone know why? > > > > (I know I can use escape-x, but I'm used to alt-x) > > For some reason, I think meta (alt) was changed from the alt key to the > windows key (presuming you have a windows keyboard). Try using the > windows key - if that works, that's what it is. > > As for how to change it back, I have no idea. I'm sure someone here does > though. > > cheers, > > damon > > -- > Damon Muller | Did a large procession wave their torches > Criminologist/Linux Geek | As my head fell in the basket, > http://killfilter.com | And was everybody dancing on the casket... > PGP (GnuPG): A136E829 | - TBMG, "Dead" -- Scott V. McGuire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I lost my GnuPG Key. Nobody ever sent me the secret plans anyway. GnuPG is at http://www.gnupg.org/
