Bug#411199: gnome-terminal: Terminal assumes Alt is also Meta.

[Sven Arvidsson]

On Fri, 2007-02-16 at 16:44 -0800, Alexander Blazej wrote:
> I've modified the default X keymap so that the "Alt" key sets the X Mod1
> (AKA Alt) modifier, and the "Windows Logo" set the X Mod4 (AKA Meta)
> modifier.  This deviates from the default which overloads the "Alt" key
> to set both modifiers, a holdover from the day when keyboards didn't
> have the additional mod key needed to emulate a terminal.
> 
> For a long time (and a just re-tested) rxvt and multi-gnome-terminal
> respected the difference between the "Alt" key and the X Mod4 modifier.
> As an example: At the bash prompt (thanks to readline and the emacs key
> bindings), I type some words, then press Meta-b (hold the "Windows Logo"
> key while pressing the "b" key) to move the cursor back a word at time.
> gnome-terminal however ignores the "Windows Logo" key, and instead
> requires I hold the "Alt" key.  
> 
> Please change gnome-terminal to recognize both Mod1 and Mod4 as Meta by
> default for backwards compatibility.  Please also allow a "respect the
> windowing system key binding" setting so I can use my Mod4 (Meta) key
> for readline Meta, while at the same time I can use my Mod1 (Alt) key to
> access the window's menu bar via keyboard shortcut (Alt-b for Tabs
> menu).

Hi, 

I think this has been reported upstream, in GNOME Bugzilla previously, 
in http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31316

Can you take a look and see if this is the same issue?

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Cheers,
Sven Arvidsson
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