Mercurial > emacs
changeset 38591:374015c2d9ea
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| author | Gerd Moellmann <gerd@gnu.org> |
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| date | Sun, 29 Jul 2001 11:07:35 +0000 |
| parents | 7c2e49c3cf0a |
| children | 27468a9cf559 |
| files | etc/PROBLEMS |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/etc/PROBLEMS Fri Jul 27 15:29:54 2001 +0000 +++ b/etc/PROBLEMS Sun Jul 29 11:07:35 2001 +0000 @@ -1,6 +1,25 @@ This file describes various problems that have been encountered in compiling, installing and running GNU Emacs. +* Getting a Meta key on the FreeBSD console + +By default, neither Alt nor any other key acts as a Meta key on +FreeBSD, but this can be changed using kbdcontrol(1). Dump the +current keymap to a file with the command + + $ kbdcontrol -d >emacs.kbd + +Edit emacs.kbd, and give the key you want to be the Meta key the +definition `meta'. For instance, if your keyboard has a ``Windows'' +key with scan code 105, change the line for scan code 105 in emacs.kbd +to look like this + + 105 meta meta meta meta meta meta meta meta O + +to make the Windows key the Meta key. Load the new keymap with + + $ kbdcontrol -l emacs.kbd + * Emacs' xterm-mouse-mode doesn't work on the Gnome terminal. A symptom of this bug is that double-clicks insert a control sequence