Emacs on Windows: mapping the Meta key to something else than Alt

Question

I read for a few hours on different threads for this issue without any results. Every time I was doing searches for something like

"lwindow" meta

I was always getting into EmacsWin32 code which appears to be code developed in 2006.

So, here I am to ask the question:

Is it possible to remap the Meta key, for Emacs, in Windows to something else than Alt?

I would prefer to remap it to the Windows key, but I don't think it is possible. Then the Fn (function) key would be a good alternative.

I need my Alt key operational in Emacs since it is used for all kind of things on a French keyboard.

Answer 1

Finally the only thing that worked for me is to use the

(require 'iso-transl)

That is making sure that the mapping of my (Canadian) French keyboard is working properly.

Then I started to use the right Alt instead of the left one. That way, I can do everything that I was doing with Ctrl+Alt.

Answer 2

I know nothing about Windows, but w32-pass-alt-to-system, w32-alt-is-meta, w32-lwindow-modifier, and w32-rwindow-modifier seem like good candidates (maybe combined with w32-pass-lwindow-to-system and friends).