Re: Can't remap option key in Mac OS X

[Nikolaj Schumacher]

Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@web.de> wrote:

> Am 28.03.2008 um 15:05 schrieb Christos Chryssochoidis:
>>> Do you mean /usr/bin/emacs? I don't think that you can do anything  like 
>>> that
>>> you intend with it ...
>>>
>>
>> Yes, I meant the command line emacs. In the Emacs manual that I have
>> it says something like that in Appendix F.1 "Keyboard and Mouse Input
>> on Mac".
>
> Even if this version (or any other) of GNU Emacs knows about the  variables
> mac-pass-option-to-system and mac-option-modifier it's not  likely that you
> could achieve what you try: Emacs runs in Terminal as  a guest. The host,
> Terminal, xterm, whatsoever, receives all  (modified) input first.

Exactly.  Terminal.app turns the option key into a meta key.  It even
has a preference setting "Use option as meta key".  If that is disabled
/usr/bin/emacs should work as expected by the original poster out of the
box.


regards,
Nikolaj Schumacher