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Meta KeyMeta KeyPosted Apr 9, 2009 5:44 UTC (Thu) by daniels (subscriber, #16193)In reply to: Meta Key by rfunk Parent article: Shortening the rope
Strictly speaking, X has no 'modifier code' for Alt (though it can be mapped as a separate modifier via vmods), which is why Meta is generally used.
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Meta Key Posted Apr 17, 2009 12:31 UTC (Fri) by Ross (subscriber, #4065) [Link]
There are eight modifier flags, three of which have permanent meaning (shift, control, and
capslock). So really those are the only ones which are guaranteed to exist on every X server.
Meta, Alt, Hyper, Super, etc. can be mapped to any of the other five if those keysyms (or left or
My experience is that this stuff isn't very well documented and certain applications interpret things
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