I am using emacs and I am trying to get the Meta key from Xwindows and the terminal. I know I can issue the command $ xmodmap -e "keysym Alt_L = Meta_L Alt_L" and that will give me the meta key in Xwindows, but not outsite Xwindows. I seem to once running across another way to remap the keyboard. brian -- Brian Lavender http://www.brie.com/brian/