xmonad and Emacs : problem with 'mod' key

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Vilmorin picture Vilmorin · Apr 29, 2009 · Viewed 11.5k times · Source

I started using xmonad as my window manager a couple of weeks ago. I love it. Its great. But since then I have had to use 'ESC' key a lot when I am in emacs and want to press the 'ALT' key. This is because 'ALT' key is used by xmonad as the 'mod' key.

Is there a way to assign the emacs mod key to anything other than the 'ALT' key like assigning it to the 'windows' key.

Any help would be higly appreciated.

Thanks, Vimal

P.S. this is the keyboard I am using http://tinyurl.com/c4955o

Answer

J Cooper picture J Cooper · Apr 29, 2009

Actually, it would be much easier to assign Xmonad's mod key to be the "Windows" (super) key. It's what I do!

Here's how:

Xmonad FAQ

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