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The alt key doesn't seem to be usable on XQuartz.

I am trying to alt+click to select an object below a current one.

Unfortunately that doesn't seem to work, is there any way to overcome 
this?

OS X: 10.5.4
X11: 2.3.0
Inkscape: 0.46

X11 Settings -> Input:

Follow System Keyboard Layout: True
Enable Key Equivalents Under X11: True

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Panos Laganakos

Sorry to reply so late.

On 2008-July-31  , at 10:42 , Panos Laganakos wrote:

>
> X11 Settings -> Input:
>
> Follow System Keyboard Layout: True
> Enable Key Equivalents Under X11: True


Try un-checking those two options.

Alternatively you can force the Alt behaviour via Xmodmap. Create a
file names .Xmodmap in your user directory. The dot is important, to
create a file with such a filename, open a terminal window and write:

touch .Xmodmap
open .Xmodmap

And then write this inside:

keycode 66 = Alt_L
keycode 69 = Alt_R
clear mod1
add mod1 = Alt_L Alt_R

restart X11 and it should work. I would guess that you need to have
Follow System Keyboard Layout unchecked for this to have any influence.

PS: By the way, you can also use Xmodmap to swap the Control and Apple
keys so that Inkscape shortcuts look more like those of regular OS X
applications (i.e. Apple+C to copy, Apple+V to paste etc.). Juste add
that in the .Xmodmap

! switch meta and control
clear mod2
clear control
add mod2 = Control_L Control_R
add control = Meta_L Meta_R

Hope that helps.

JiHO
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Thanks mate, most of it seems to work

Holding alt shows the correct info on the status bar (ie, alt+click to
select object below), yet, when I click instead of selecting the
object below, it zooms.

On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 11:06 PM, jiho <jo.irisson@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Try un-checking those two options.
> keycode 66 = Alt_L
> that in the .Xmodmap
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On 2008-August-04  , at 13:21 , Panos Laganakos wrote:

> Holding alt shows the correct info on the status bar (ie, alt+click to
> select object below), yet, when I click instead of selecting the
> object below, it zooms.

this definitely reminds me of something. I think it has to do with
three button mouse emulation in X11.app: alt+click means middle click
which zooms in Inkscape. Try to uncheck this option in X11 preferences.

JiHO
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*hands over a flying V*

you officially rock, thanks :)

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