keybcodes in console

keybcodes in console

[Pieter Laeremans]

Hi,

When using emacs in console it doesn't handle al the M- keys good.  My
keyboard is a French azerty type keyboard.  For normal text it's no
problem but when I type the keys M-w emacs interprets it as M-z and
M-a is interpreted as M-q and vice versa.

I know that it 's possible to use the keyboard translation function to
work around this.  But I wonder wheter there 's a more general
solution ?  In X it works fine. And by using the keyboard translation
feature I probably screw the well functioning in X I suppose ?

Any clues ?

Thanks in advance,

Pieter

Re: keybcodes in console

[Kai Großjohann]

Pieter Laeremans <pieter@laeremans.org> writes:

> When using emacs in console it doesn't handle al the M- keys good.  My
> keyboard is a French azerty type keyboard.  For normal text it's no
> problem but when I type the keys M-w emacs interprets it as M-z and
> M-a is interpreted as M-q and vice versa.

Something very weird is going on.  I know this is not helping you a
lot, but things shouldn't be like that.

Did you do something special to configure the azerty kbd?
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Re: keybcodes in console

[Pieter Laeremans]

kai.grossjohann@gmx.net (Kai Großjohann) writes:

> Pieter Laeremans <pieter@laeremans.org> writes:
> 
> Something very weird is going on.  I know this is not helping you a
> lot, but things shouldn't be like that.
> 
> Did you do something special to configure the azerty kbd?

Not as far as I know. Maybe it 's because it is a Microsoft keyboard
:-) ( I bought it because it is truely ergonomic, the only Microsoft
product I own).  

Seriously. I'm not aware of something special I have done.  I
've just configured my Debian system the normal way, I selected the
appropriate keymap and local settings.  And I didn't do anything weird
in my .emacs file.  

I've just tested the keybindings on threee different emacs
installations using ssh.  The same problem occurs.  So it seems more
like a problem in Linux, I don't know. I do not know how to test it.

thx,

Pieter

Re: keybcodes in console

[Kai Großjohann]

Pieter Laeremans <pieter@laeremans.org> writes:

> I've just tested the keybindings on threee different emacs
> installations using ssh.  The same problem occurs.  So it seems more
> like a problem in Linux, I don't know. I do not know how to test it.

Yes, I also think that it is a problem with the OS, not with Emacs.

Are you running Emacs on a console?  Or under X11?  Or in an xterm
under X11?
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Re: keybcodes in console

[Kai Großjohann]

Pieter Laeremans <pieter@laeremans.org> writes:

> Wel I'm running it on console now. When I run it under X the problem
> disappears.  In an xterm emacs the problem doesn't occur either.

Hm.  I wonder, what does Emacs see when you hit M-x (for any letter
x)?  Does it see ESC x or really M-<something>?

It seems the console keymap is b0rked.  Could you have a look at it
to find out if there is something obvious wrong?

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Re: keybcodes in console

[Pieter Laeremans]

kai.grossjohann@gmx.net (Kai Großjohann) writes:

> Pieter Laeremans <pieter@laeremans.org> writes:
> 
> > Wel I'm running it on console now. When I run it under X the problem
> > disappears.  In an xterm emacs the problem doesn't occur either.
> 
> Hm.  I wonder, what does Emacs see when you hit M-x (for any letter
> x)?  Does it see ESC x or really M-<something>?
> 

Yes when I use c-h k it show ESC-x all the time.

> It seems the console keymap is b0rked.  Could you have a look at it
> to find out if there is something obvious wrong?
> 

Hmm experimenting with dpkg-reconfigure console-common has solved the
problem ! My installed keymap variant was one with Euro (latin 0) and
now I 've selected the PC keyboard (non-us 102 keys) variant.  My Euro
simbol also works :-) with that version.

Thanks for your help !

Pieter