*BSD News Article 52239


Return to BSD News archive

Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.gmi.edu!msunews!netnews.upenn.edu!gradient.cis.upenn.edu!dherbst
From: dherbst@gradient.cis.upenn.edu (Darrel Herbst)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: How to make alt=meta?
Date: 30 Sep 1995 06:03:07 GMT
Organization: University of Pennsylvania
Lines: 6
Message-ID: <44imir$131@netnews.upenn.edu>
NNTP-Posting-Host: gradient.cis.upenn.edu
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2-upenn1.3]

I looked at kcon & keycap, but kcon terminates with an ioctl() related
error.  Would someone be willing to explain what has to be done to map
the left-alt key to function as the meta key at the tcsh prompt & in
emacs?

Thanks.