* additional key bindings for xterm
@ 2006-08-04 13:58 Dan Nicolaescu
2006-08-04 18:42 ` Richard Stallman
2006-08-06 17:43 ` Alan Mackenzie
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From: Dan Nicolaescu @ 2006-08-04 13:58 UTC (permalink / raw
xterm-216 when run like this:
xterm -xrm '*modifyOtherKeys:1'
emits distinct strings for key combinations that did not do anything
in the past, for example C-. C-, C-TAB C-return
This allows emacs to use these keys when running in such an xterm.
For example the C-. binding in flyspell-mode was only usable in X, but
not in a terminal in the past.
What other keys would be useful for emacs to support? Please give
specific examples so they can be added to term/xterm.el
Thanks
--dan
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* Re: additional key bindings for xterm
2006-08-04 13:58 additional key bindings for xterm Dan Nicolaescu
@ 2006-08-04 18:42 ` Richard Stallman
2006-08-05 2:58 ` T. V. Raman
2006-08-06 17:43 ` Alan Mackenzie
1 sibling, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Richard Stallman @ 2006-08-04 18:42 UTC (permalink / raw
Cc: emacs-devel
What other keys would be useful for emacs to support? Please give
specific examples so they can be added to term/xterm.el
Certainly the control versions of all the printing characters
are useful. The control-meta versions of them may be useful too.
Beyond that, probably nothing is actually used much.
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* Re: additional key bindings for xterm
2006-08-04 18:42 ` Richard Stallman
@ 2006-08-05 2:58 ` T. V. Raman
2006-08-05 3:24 ` James Cloos
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From: T. V. Raman @ 2006-08-05 2:58 UTC (permalink / raw
Cc: dann, emacs-devel
On the Linux console, I've been using the following (as
additional modifiers with appropriate additions to the console
keymap:
>>>>> "Richard" == Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:
Richard> What other keys would be useful for emacs to
Richard> support? Please give specific examples so they can
Richard> be added to term/xterm.el
Richard>
Richard> Certainly the control versions of all the printing
Richard> characters are useful. The control-meta versions of
Richard> them may be useful too. Beyond that, probably
Richard> nothing is actually used much.
Richard>
Richard>
Richard> _______________________________________________
Richard> Emacs-devel mailing list Emacs-devel@gnu.org
Richard> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel
C-' Hyper
c' Super
C-, Alt
In addition I also change the windows keys to hyper and super.
The trick on the console is to make these keys generate the
strings C-x@[h|s|a] -- little known Emacs feature I discovered in
some corner of the info docs once --- and never found again.
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* Re: additional key bindings for xterm
2006-08-05 2:58 ` T. V. Raman
@ 2006-08-05 3:24 ` James Cloos
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From: James Cloos @ 2006-08-05 3:24 UTC (permalink / raw
Cc: dann, rms, emacs-devel
>>>>> "tvr" == T V Raman <raman@users.sf.net> writes:
tvr> The trick on the console is to make these keys generate the
tvr> strings C-x@[h|s|a] -- little known Emacs feature I discovered
tvr> in some corner of the info docs once --- and never found again.
Start info, go to Emacs, then to User Input.
It is mentioned near the end of that node:
,----(excerpt of: info: Emacs: User Input)
| If your keyboard lacks one of these modifier keys, you can enter it
| using `C-x @': `C-x @ h' adds the "hyper" flag to the next character,
| `C-x @ s' adds the "super" flag, and `C-x @ a' adds the "alt" flag.
| For instance, `C-x @ h C-a' is a way to enter `Hyper-Control-a'.
| (Unfortunately there is no way to add two modifiers by using `C-x @'
| twice for the same character, because the first one goes to work on
| the `C-x'.)
`----
-JimC
--
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* Re: additional key bindings for xterm
2006-08-06 17:43 ` Alan Mackenzie
@ 2006-08-06 17:39 ` Andreas Schwab
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From: Andreas Schwab @ 2006-08-06 17:39 UTC (permalink / raw
Cc: Dan Nicolaescu, emacs-devel
Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de> writes:
> I certainly think the arrow keys should have distinct codes for all 8
> modifier combinations.
The arrow keys are already available in xterm in all variants even without
modifyOtherKeys.
Andreas.
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* Re: additional key bindings for xterm
2006-08-04 13:58 additional key bindings for xterm Dan Nicolaescu
2006-08-04 18:42 ` Richard Stallman
@ 2006-08-06 17:43 ` Alan Mackenzie
2006-08-06 17:39 ` Andreas Schwab
1 sibling, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Alan Mackenzie @ 2006-08-06 17:43 UTC (permalink / raw
Cc: emacs-devel
Hi, Dan!
On Fri, Aug 04, 2006 at 06:58:04AM -0700, Dan Nicolaescu wrote:
> xterm-216 when run like this:
> xterm -xrm '*modifyOtherKeys:1'
> emits distinct strings for key combinations that did not do anything
> in the past, for example C-. C-, C-TAB C-return
> This allows emacs to use these keys when running in such an xterm.
> For example the C-. binding in flyspell-mode was only usable in X, but
> not in a terminal in the past.
> What other keys would be useful for emacs to support? Please give
> specific examples so they can be added to term/xterm.el
What other keys _wouldn't_ be useful?
On a Linux tty, I have unique keycodes for <left>, <right>, <up>,
<down>, <insert>, <delete>, <home>, <end>, <PgUp>, <PgDown> with all
combinations of C-, M-, <shift>. I currently have most of them bound.
I certainly think the arrow keys should have distinct codes for all 8
modifier combinations.
> Thanks
> --dan
--
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