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Make the Alt key work in OpenOffice103 and X11Beta3
Authored by: diederik@cs on Mar 02, '07 08:27:49AM

If you have X11 1.1 - XFree86 4.4.0
Just creating .Xmodmap isn't enough. One should also go to preferences in X11 and uncheck the middle check box to make sure os x doesn't override your .Xmodmap file. Also be sure to name it ".Xmodmap" CASE SENSITIVE!!! or else the default .xinitrc won't recognize it!! Because it attempts to load .Xmodmap automatically.

FYI the default .xinitrc is located in: "/private/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc" :)

Have fun!!

PS my .Xmodmap looks as follows:

clear Mod1
keycode 66 = Alt_L
add Mod1 = Alt_L
keycode 69 = Mode_switch
add Mod1 = Mode_switch

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press and hold combining it with other keys works as modifier and press and release will activate the menu's :)



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