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MovingTheMetaKey

By default, My Microsoft Natural Keyboard mapped the Meta key to the Windows button and not to the Alt button. To fix this, run XKeyCaps and load up a keyboard that matches your keyboard. Write down the number on the key you want to be your Meta key (0x40 in my case). Then add the following line to your ~/.xmodmap:

keycode 0x40 = Meta_L

and run: xmodmap -e ‘keycode 0x40 = Meta_L’

Or, just try XKeyCaps for a much friendlier interface to moving keys around.

Now your Alt key should properly generate a Meta event, and your Windows key is free to map to the start menu! ;-)

w32

this .reg is supposed to make caps=ctrl and win=alt but i’ve never tried it:

----------------------------------------
REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout]
"Scancode Map"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,1d,00,3a,00,38,00,5b,e0,00,00,00,00
----------------------------------------

http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/windows/faq3.html#capscontrol has more info about this.


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