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From: kirk@mips.com (Kirk Erickson)
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Subject: Re: Meta key under RiscWindows 4.00
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Date: 18 Jun 91 23:01:02 GMT
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In article <1991Jun18.172658.11312@sobeco.com> sdesmara@sobeco.com (s.desmarais) writes:
>In <4967@skye.ed.ac.uk> richard@aiai.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) writes:
>
>>I just upgraded my RS2030 to RiscOS 4.52 and RiscWindows 4.00, and my
>>the "Alt" doesn't work (ie it doesn't set the eighth bit) in xterms.
>>It does work in emacs windows (though not in emacs inside an xterm).
To Make the Alt Key a Meta key (for text widgets), add the following
mapping to your .xsession file:

	xmodmap -e "keysym Alt_L = Meta_L"

You can restrict this mapping to MIPS hardware by getting fancy with
with xdpyinfo.  Have a look at the latest prototype:

	/usr/etc/X11/xdm/xsession.proto
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