From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Harry Putnam Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: the old no working alt key in linux console Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2020 07:59:31 -0500 Message-ID: <87mub2dpos.fsf@local.lan> References: <87k167ezmw.fsf@local.lan> <83v9pqfup6.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="130958"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jan 05 14:35:23 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1io63q-000XmS-SA for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 05 Jan 2020 14:35:18 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42334 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1io63p-0003Ys-KE for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 05 Jan 2020 08:35:17 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:58507) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1io5VT-0003NC-KJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Jan 2020 07:59:48 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1io5VQ-000578-CR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Jan 2020 07:59:47 -0500 Original-Received: from mailout.jtan.com ([216.104.47.134]:34535) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1io5VM-00054L-67; Sun, 05 Jan 2020 07:59:40 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by mailout.jtan.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A287BA4005; Sun, 5 Jan 2020 12:59:39 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Spam-Scanned: JTAN Spam and Virus Filtering Original-Received: from zeus.jtan.com (smtp.jtan.com [69.175.9.136]) by mailout.jtan.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 65EB6BA4001; Sun, 5 Jan 2020 12:59:38 +0000 (UTC) X-JTAN-Received: c-76-97-132-53.hsd1.ga.comcast.net [76.97.132.53] Original-Received: from d0 (c-76-97-132-53.hsd1.ga.comcast.net [76.97.132.53]) (authenticated bits=0) by zeus.jtan.com with ESMTP id 005CxaIu008798 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Sun, 5 Jan 2020 12:59:38 GMT Original-Received: by d0 (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 3DA4A2C052B; Sun, 5 Jan 2020 07:59:31 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <83v9pqfup6.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Sun, 05 Jan 2020 05:28:21 +0200") X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 216.104.47.134 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sun, 05 Jan 2020 08:33:48 -0500 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:243971 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: >> From: Harry Putnam >> Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2020 15:27:03 -0500 >>=20 >> As smart as emacs has gotten surely there is some simple technique to >> get emacs to use the alt key in console mode. >>=20 >> 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. >>=20 >> 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... >>=20 >> 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 ` =C3=A1 =C3=A2 =C3=A3 '=20