The Command and Option (Alt) keys on a Macintosh keyboard are both mapped to the ALT symbol whereas the original Quake 3 keeps them separate. Therefore key bindings can't be shared between the two engines and an easy to reach key is lost.
Created attachment 1745[details]
Patch to map SDLK_[LR]META to K_COMMAND
This patch will tread META and ALT from SDL as two different keys to stay compatible with the original Quake 3. I expect it to also affect key mappings under various X11 servers, but in general it is preferable to keep different keys apart as long as possible, and use the bind mechanism of Quake to assign functions (which may be the same).
Created attachment 1745 [details] Patch to map SDLK_[LR]META to K_COMMAND This patch will tread META and ALT from SDL as two different keys to stay compatible with the original Quake 3. I expect it to also affect key mappings under various X11 servers, but in general it is preferable to keep different keys apart as long as possible, and use the bind mechanism of Quake to assign functions (which may be the same).