Workaround for Alt behaviour on OS X.
git-svn-id: svn://svn.code.sf.net/p/tigervnc/code/trunk@4587 3789f03b-4d11-0410-bbf8-ca57d06f2519
diff --git a/vncviewer/Viewport.cxx b/vncviewer/Viewport.cxx
index 019d99e..2d197fc 100644
--- a/vncviewer/Viewport.cxx
+++ b/vncviewer/Viewport.cxx
@@ -539,6 +539,23 @@
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}
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+ // Alt on OS X behaves more like AltGr on other systems, and to get
+ // sane behaviour we should translate things in that manner for the
+ // remote VNC server. However that means we lose the ability to use
+ // Alt as a shortcut modifier. Do what RealVNC does and hijack the
+ // left command key as an Alt replacement.
+ switch (keyCode) {
+ case FL_Meta_L:
+ return XK_Alt_L;
+ case FL_Meta_R:
+ return XK_Super_L;
+ case FL_Alt_L:
+ case FL_Alt_R:
+ return XK_ISO_Level3_Shift;
+ }
+#endif
+
// Then other special keys
switch (keyCode) {
case FL_BackSpace: