Re: Right Alt/Meta keys on Windows systems

[Lennart Borgman]

Paul Michael Reilly wrote:

> I currently find myself having to use Windows/XP for a short while.
> My first action was to install cygwin and rebuild the latest CVS Emacs
> snapshot.  Much to my chagrin, it would appear that the ancient
> Windows right Alt/Meta key problem still exists (the right Alt key is
> NOT a Meta modifier key as is the left one).  I searched the devel
> archives and it would appear that either I missed the solution or it
> is still an unsolved problem.  Is it possible that there is still no
> easy solution (editing the registry does not qualify as an easy
> solution, IMHO)?  If so, could someone please state or provide a
> reference to the issues so I can decide which of the problem or the
> cure is the more painful to me.
>  
The problem is still there. I proposed a solution quite a while ago but 
it was decided that it was too close to next release of Emacs. In the 
mean time I have a patch for this which I and I believe others have been 
using since this summer. Go to

   http://ourcomments.org/Emacs/EmacsW32.html

to find out more about my patch. You can find binaries there with and 
without this patch. Last patched version is from 2005-12-18 (there is 
actually one from 12-25 too I believe but I have not had time to move it 
to its final location yet).