From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Ben Pfaff Newsgroups: gmane.linux.debian.devel.emacsen,gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: emacs on a text console - please help me overcome the shock Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2011 20:46:02 -0700 Message-ID: <87sjo6wf7p.fsf@blp.benpfaff.org> References: <87y5yloup7.fsf@jidanni.org> Reply-To: Ben Pfaff NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1315539882 32728 80.91.229.12 (9 Sep 2011 03:44:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2011 03:44:42 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rdiezmail-emacs@yahoo.de, 633652@bugs.debian.org, debian-emacsen@lists.debian.org, help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: jidanni@jidanni.org Original-X-From: bounce-debian-emacsen=debian-emacsen=m.gmane.org@lists.debian.org Fri Sep 09 05:44:38 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: debian-emacsen@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from liszt.debian.org ([82.195.75.100]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R1s17-0004ek-T6 for debian-emacsen@m.gmane.org; Fri, 09 Sep 2011 05:44:38 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by liszt.debian.org (Postfix) with QMQP id 9F76713A6E9E; Fri, 9 Sep 2011 03:44:38 +0000 (UTC) Old-Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on liszt.debian.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-12.0 required=4.0 tests=LDOSUBSCRIBER,LDO_WHITELIST, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW autolearn=failed version=3.2.5 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by liszt.debian.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5B6513A66AF for ; Fri, 9 Sep 2011 03:44:31 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: at lists.debian.org with policy bank en-lt X-Amavis-Spam-Status: No, score=-8 tagged_above=-10000 required=5.3 tests=[BAYES_00=-2, LDO_WHITELIST=-5, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-1] autolearn=ham Original-Received: from liszt.debian.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (lists.debian.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 2525) with ESMTP id v6iENVIF2CsT for ; Fri, 9 Sep 2011 03:44:24 +0000 (UTC) Original-Received: from outmail148110.authsmtp.com (outmail148110.authsmtp.com [62.13.148.110]) by liszt.debian.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3703E13A4EBD for ; Fri, 9 Sep 2011 03:44:24 +0000 (UTC) Original-Received: from mail-c194.authsmtp.com (mail-c194.authsmtp.com [62.13.128.121]) by punt7.authsmtp.com (8.14.2/8.14.2/Kp) with ESMTP id p893iDk8053227; Fri, 9 Sep 2011 04:44:13 +0100 (BST) Original-Received: from blp.benpfaff.org (76-14-48-202.sf-cable.astound.net [76.14.48.202] (may be forged)) (authenticated bits=0) by mail.authsmtp.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id p893i92P087066 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 9 Sep 2011 04:44:10 +0100 (BST) Original-Received: from blp by blp.benpfaff.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1R1s2U-0007cl-IB; Thu, 08 Sep 2011 20:46:02 -0700 In-Reply-To: <87y5yloup7.fsf@jidanni.org> (jidanni@jidanni.org's message of "Tue, 23 Aug 2011 08:08:52 +0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) X-Server-Quench: fa8f2913-da95-11e0-80b9-0022640b883e X-AuthReport-Spam: If SPAM / abuse - report it at: http://www.authsmtp.com/abuse X-AuthRoute: OCdwYQ8QAVZfSBwy AThCFzNJTwsiPBEK DBMeOw5HJEYITQBc chsbOAICd2YRXRYD A2cKS1RQWll1U2J1 JQ1XcwRZfE5GQQdq UldLR1BXCwQmQRQI BUcXUHlyfwJGfng+ ZEZqV3AVChVyI0R0 Q01JQTwPYHphaTUf TUhYJQpJcANIfBlB agJ3XHBYLwdSbGo1 GgY4JHg2O31WYDhY Uh1FJlUUWkEPE3Z5 DwgGEDw0EAUFSiEr ZxkrYlkCEVwaNUA/ eUchVBoDMxgZCWUA X-Authentic-SMTP: 61633331373532.1015:706 X-AuthFastPath: 0 (Was 255) X-AuthVirus-Status: No virus detected - but ensure you scan with your own anti-virus system. X-Rc-Virus: 2007-09-13_01 X-Rc-Spam: 2008-11-04_01 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-From: debian-emacsen@lists.debian.org X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/3313 X-Loop: debian-emacsen@lists.debian.org List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Precedence: list Resent-Sender: debian-emacsen-request@lists.debian.org Resent-Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2011 03:44:38 +0000 (UTC) Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.linux.debian.devel.emacsen:2707 gmane.emacs.help:82194 Archived-At: jidanni@jidanni.org writes: >>>>>> "r" == rdiezmail-emacs writes: > r> Now I have to work on a remote server via SSH, and the connection is > r> not fast enough to tunnel X Windows over it, so I have to switch to > r> console mode with "emacs -nw". > > r> The console mode has been a shock. There is no mouse at all. I cannot > r> navigate the menus as usual, menu-bar-open is weird and unfriendly. > r> But, worst of all, some key combinations do not work well. > > Same for me, but that's life here on Debian, even on ones very own > laptop, no SSH involved, and even if you are root, > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=633652 The mouse should work in Emacs over SSH from an xterm. Try (xterm-mouse-mode 1). It works for me. There's also a mode to make the mouse work from a Linux console, if gpm is running. I haven't used it in a long time. Look around for t-mouse.el. -- Ben Pfaff http://benpfaff.org