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[Kai Sattler <address@hidden>]

Maybe you can use the ESCAPE key as a workaround for the time being.
The TeXmacs 'Help->Manual->Getting started' states that "... you may
use ESCAPE instead of M-, ESCAPE ESCAPE instead of A- and F5, ESCAPE
ESCAPE ESCAPE or A-C- instead of H-".

Kai

2004-11-29 22:37:20 +0100, Norbert Nemec <address@hidden>:
> (Forwarding this to address@hidden also)
> 
> Thanks, Lionel! Seems like this really is a serious communication-bug. 
> Emacs 
> and X have obviously sorted it out by now, both patching around a bit. Now 
> it 
> is up to TeXmacs to follow suit and fix the problem as well (probably in a 
> similar way as Emacs.
> 
> For me, the problem is rather fundamental. I did not manage to find any 
> setting that allows me to comfortably work in TeXmacs, so I basically have 
> to 
> do without until the problem is fixed. I would do it myself, but I don't 
> really have the time at the moment :-(
> 
> Ciao,
> Nobbi
> 
> 
> Am Montag, 29. November 2004 21:33 schrieb Lionel Elie Mamane:
> > On Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 09:16:47PM +0100, Norbert Nemec wrote:
> > > I didn't use TeXmacs over several weeks, no I opened it again and
> > > found to my surprise, that the Alt-Key is suddenly mapped to the
> > > M-modifier. (under Linux/Debian)
> >
> > The way X does modifiers has changed. This broke at least Emacs,
> > TeXmacs and sawfish (I think also the KDE wm); the X guys say that
> > these programs are broken. A "fix" for Emacs is now in the Debian
> > package.
> >
> > See:
> >  http://bugs.debian.org/271542
> >  http://bugs.debian.org/255286
> >  http://bugs.debian.org/263073
> >  http://bugs.debian.org/256706
> >
> > The emacs fix:
> >
> > --- emacs-21.3+1.orig/src/xterm        2004-09-14 19:06:11.000000000 +0200
> > +++ emacs-21.3+1/src/xterm.c   2004-09-16 22:23:24.000000000 +0200
> > @@ -6380,8 +6380,11 @@
> >       Alt keysyms are on.  */
> >    {
> >      int row, col;     /* The row and column in the modifier table.  */
> > +    int found_alt_or_meta;
> >
> >      for (row = 3; row < 8; row++)
> > +    {
> > +      found_alt_or_meta = 0;
> >        for (col = 0; col < mods->max_keypermod; col++)
> >        {
> >          KeyCode code
> > @@ -6403,33 +6406,44 @@
> >                  {
> >                  case XK_Meta_L:
> >                  case XK_Meta_R:
> > +                  found_alt_or_meta = 1;
> >                    dpyinfo->meta_mod_mask |= (1 << row);
> >                    break;
> >
> >                  case XK_Alt_L:
> >                  case XK_Alt_R:
> > +                  found_alt_or_meta = 1;
> >                    dpyinfo->alt_mod_mask |= (1 << row);
> >                    break;
> >
> >                  case XK_Hyper_L:
> >                  case XK_Hyper_R:
> > -                  dpyinfo->hyper_mod_mask |= (1 << row);
> > +                  if (!found_alt_or_meta)
> > +                    dpyinfo->hyper_mod_mask |= (1 << row);
> > +                  code_col = syms_per_code;
> > +                  col = mods->max_keypermod;
> >                    break;
> >
> >                  case XK_Super_L:
> >                  case XK_Super_R:
> > -                  dpyinfo->super_mod_mask |= (1 << row);
> > +                  if (!found_alt_or_meta)
> > +                    dpyinfo->super_mod_mask |= (1 << row);
> > +                  code_col = syms_per_code;
> > +                  col = mods->max_keypermod;
> >                    break;
> >
> >                  case XK_Shift_Lock:
> >                    /* Ignore this if it's not on the lock modifier.  */
> > -                  if ((1 << row) == LockMask)
> > +                  if (!found_alt_or_meta && ((1 << row) == LockMask))
> >                      dpyinfo->shift_lock_mask = LockMask;
> > +                  code_col = syms_per_code;
> > +                  col = mods->max_keypermod;
> >                    break;
> >                  }
> >              }
> >          }
> >        }
> > +    }
> >    }
> >
> >    /* If we couldn't find any meta keys, accept any alt keys as meta 
> > keys. 
> > */
> 
> -- 
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