Re: the old no working alt key in linux console

[Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>]

Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> writes:

> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>
>>> From: Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>
>>> Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2020 15:27:03 -0500
>>> 
>>> As smart as emacs has gotten surely there is some simple technique to
>>> get emacs to use the alt key in console mode.
>>> 
>>> I haven't had to deal with this for a long time, and am finding piles
>>> of serioiusly complex stuff on google about fixing it.
>>> 
>>> Working in chroot on linux console (lubuntu) I'm having to use the
>>> escape key to do common things like M-x M-w (copy).  Is there some
>>> simple way to control this...
>>> 
>>> I'm on emacs 26 .. that what ubuntu has available on the repo.
>>> Working in an xterm but when I call emacs it will only open in -nw
>>> inside the terminal.
>>
>> What does Emacs see when you press Alt-SOME-KEY?
>
> Sorry, that circle slash was produced by C-h l
>
> Here is what you asked for:
>
> Alt-some-key  so I pressed Alt a, Alt b, Alt c
>
>  ` á â ã ' 

Egad, I'm thinking straight this morning.

Here it is: Alt-a, Alt-b, Alt-c and Alt-x