Alt vs. Meta keys on OS X -> VirtualBox -> Ubuntu
Hi,
I have PyCharm Community Edition 3.1 running on Ubuntu 12.04 inside Virtual Box on a MacBook. And in the pull-down menus PyCharm distinguishes between the Meta and Alt keys. However from Ubuntu System Settings -> Keyboard -> Layout Settings, I have chosen "English (Macintosh)" as the layout, and from there when I display a graphic of the layout, it shows Meta L key and Alt L mapped to the same key. I know the alt/option key on my keyboard is mapped to Alt, because when I hit Ctrl+Alt+R in PyCharm, it runs the script. I also inspected the PyCharm Default Keymap list, and there it says Ctrl + C or Ctrl + Insert to copy text (and Ctrl + V to paste). But if I hit Ctrl + V in the PyCharm window, it opens the VCS operations menu. I just want to copy and paste via the keyboard. Where is the meta key?
Thanks,
Thomas
I have PyCharm Community Edition 3.1 running on Ubuntu 12.04 inside Virtual Box on a MacBook. And in the pull-down menus PyCharm distinguishes between the Meta and Alt keys. However from Ubuntu System Settings -> Keyboard -> Layout Settings, I have chosen "English (Macintosh)" as the layout, and from there when I display a graphic of the layout, it shows Meta L key and Alt L mapped to the same key. I know the alt/option key on my keyboard is mapped to Alt, because when I hit Ctrl+Alt+R in PyCharm, it runs the script. I also inspected the PyCharm Default Keymap list, and there it says Ctrl + C or Ctrl + Insert to copy text (and Ctrl + V to paste). But if I hit Ctrl + V in the PyCharm window, it opens the VCS operations menu. I just want to copy and paste via the keyboard. Where is the meta key?
Thanks,
Thomas
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