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[Michael Lachmann <address@hidden>]

Hi!

You can also try the following:
(I haven't actually tested this, because I can't currently quit X11)

When you have X11 running, and X11 is currently in front, click on the  
menu item
X11->Preferences (in the OSX menu at the top of the screen)

Select the "Input" tab,  and unselect the
"Follow system keyboard layout" tickmark.

This should, according to 
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20040425231058862
automatically source the .Xmodmap file.

Michael

On 11 Nov 2009, at 19:05, El.douwen wrote:

> hi Alfe
>
> - i want to move the file ~/.Xmodmap to the trash, i have tried  
> erase ~/.Xmodmap and delete ~/.Xmodmap without succeeding
> the i have tried man to have a manual of the terminal he asked  
> "which manual ?" without proposing any choicelist so i was lost
> i have looked in the mac os X help for terminal, can not find
>
> - the folder Developer contains a folder usr which contains a  
> include but not "X11" in this include
> in Developer:usr:X1 not file keysymdef.h so i could not find /usr/ 
> include/X11/keysymdef.h but no problem, in the finder i have  
> searched keysymdef.h and i have found about 10 of them, i have  
> opened one of them
>
> - i have finally written the following programm, that i save in a  
> file  named "feuillesdautomne" on the desktop; to use it, each time  
> i laouch texmacs i must write xmodmap and then i move the icon of  
> feuillesdautomne to the cursor of the terminal; the execution of my  
> ptorgramm encoutered no error message
> now in texmacs apple is M alt is A and i suppose that control is H  
> (i think i never use H)
>
> clear Mod1
> clear Mod2
> clear Mod3
> keycode 63 = Meta_L
> keycode 66 = Alt_L
> keycode 67 = Mode_switch
> add Mod1 = Meta_L
> add Mod2 = Alt_L
> add Mod3 = Mode_switch
>
> 1) how can i insert remarks ?
> 2) i thougt that "Meta_L" and so on were "transparent" variables, i  
> thougt all this was a way of writing "Mod1 is affected to keycode 63  
> which is the traduction of apple key"
> but my logic seems to be false in this case; i dont understand what  
> different realities represent the "keycode 63" and "Meta_L"
> i would say "keycode 63" représents the physical key left of the  
> keyboard with a apple on it
> while "Meta_L" would represent the "idea" of an apple key...
> but in this case why do i needed to write "keycode 63 = Meta_L"  
> since i would believe that my apple key is already assigned to the  
> "idea" of an apple key...
> if anyone can expalin me.. i dont need this explanation since it  
> works, but for my curiosity, i dont like to do things i dont  
> understand
>
> - i hate doing these things
>
> Conclusion
> -------------
>
> thank you very much everyone
> can we dream of a new version of texmacs with an intuitive interface  
> for mapping modifiers keys, that would also works on mac os X  
> without any autumn leaves ?
>
> Vincent

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