From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Abrahams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Getting keys to work right across ssh Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 12:38:07 -0500 Message-ID: <8764o4jls0.fsf@boost-consulting.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1138509693 12275 80.91.229.2 (29 Jan 2006 04:41:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2006 04:41:33 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jan 29 05:41:32 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1F34NW-0002VR-6p for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 29 Jan 2006 05:41:30 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1F34QP-0000Ah-07 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 28 Jan 2006 23:44:29 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1F2xrv-00032m-Jv for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Jan 2006 16:44:28 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1F2xa8-00055c-Sz for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Jan 2006 16:26:08 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1F2wCV-0006sf-Fz for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Jan 2006 14:57:35 -0500 Original-Received: from [80.91.229.2] (helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1F2u4C-00088G-Df for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Jan 2006 12:40:52 -0500 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1F2u1k-0008Tu-TL for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Jan 2006 18:38:23 +0100 Original-Received: from 209-150-60-201.c3-0.smr-ubr2.sbo-smr.ma.cable.rcn.com ([209.150.60.201]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 28 Jan 2006 18:38:20 +0100 Original-Received: from dave by 209-150-60-201.c3-0.smr-ubr2.sbo-smr.ma.cable.rcn.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 28 Jan 2006 18:38:20 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Lines: 25 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 209-150-60-201.c3-0.smr-ubr2.sbo-smr.ma.cable.rcn.com User-Agent: Gnus/5.110004 (No Gnus v0.4) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:v51D1ZybeJ/Qd0pKqV6/fn/iA5I= X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:32887 Archived-At: Hi, Whenever I ssh into a system and run a terminal-based emacs I find that some keys are mapped in surpising ways. For example, it's common that the backspace key I usually use to delete the character before point is mapped to `C-h' (yes, I know that's the backspace character) which lands me in help every time I try to correct a mistake. Today I ssh'd into a Mac and Alt+x (usually `M-x') is interpreted as `M-8'. When I can use an X-enabled emacs, I'll generally do that and wait through the horrible startup delays, but that's not always an option. For example, some of my machines don't have X. I understand there are probably several layers of configuration involved with this problem, and I'm willing to slog through them to make it right, but I can't even find a systematic guide to attacking it. Can anyone help? Thanks in advance. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com