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Why doesn't my <ExtendChar> key work as a <Meta> key under HP-UX 8.0 and 9.x?
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   This is a result of an internationalization extension in X11R4 and
the fact that HP is now using this extension.  Emacs assumes that the
`XLookupString' function returns the same result regardless of the
<Meta> key state which is no longer necessarily true.  Until Emacs is
fixed, the temporary kludge is to run this command after each time the
X server is started but preferably before any xterm clients are:

     xmodmap -e 'remove mod1 = Mode_switch'

   This will disable the use of the extra keysyms systemwide, which may
be undesirable if you actually intend to use them.