Re: Key bindings proposal

[christian.lynbech]

>>>>> "Chong" == Chong Yidong <address@hidden> writes:

Chong> The current standard is used on all platforms: the key labelled
Chong> "Alt" on the keyboard is handled internally by Emacs as Meta.

Is this really correct?

It would appear to me (though I have admittedly not checked the source)
that emacs (under X11) uses as meta whatever modifier is assigned the
Meta_* keysym, at least when present (probably there is some fallback
mechanism). It just so happens that the standard modifier layout in most
GNU/Linux distributions associates the Meta keysym with the key labelled
"Alt".

I have for a long time used the windows key as my meta key and that I
have realised that simply by reshuffling the modifier keysyms via
xmodmap.


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