[comp.windows.x] Meta key problems?

lwv27@CAS.BITNET (Larry W. Virden ext. 2487) (06/06/91)

The doc for xless indicates that a Meta-S will open up a search
dialog box.  The problem is, even though I have a Meta assigned, the
application just beeps at me.  An X programmer here indicated that it
sounded to him as if the application was looking for a specific modifier
bit to be set for the Meta key.

Is that a standard practice - to access the modifier bit by number
rather than by symbol?  For instance, we have Meta (L and R) as mod 1,
Num Lock as mod 2, Mode switch as mod3 alt as mod5, etc.
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