From: Thorsten Jolitz <tjolitz@googlemail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: How does the Meta/Alt-Key work behind the scenes?
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 17:24:04 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87zk32vcd7.fsf@googlemail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: jwvip9q8z3q.fsf-monnier+gnu.emacs.help@gnu.org
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
>> However, I was told to hardcode the Meta/Alt-Keybindings as ESC-key
>> sequences, e.g. '^[', wait 500, then 'f', so that they can either be
>> used as 'ALT-f' or as 'ESC f'. But only the latter (very uncomfortable)
>> option works for me, and any keybindings that include the SHIFT key
>> don't work at all.
>
> What does "don't work" mean?
Maybe I asked to early since further testing revealed that it is not a
general problem but a problem of some keys only:
When I use 'C-%' (^% = C-S-5 on my keyboard) which should execute the
command 'go to next parenthesis' then in xterm '%' is (self)inserted, on
the console nothing happens. But 'C-_' (^_ = C-S-- on my keyboard)
executes 'undo' as expected in xterm and on the console.
So I would like to withdraw my question for now - sorry for the noise.
--
cheers,
Thorsten
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[not found] <mailman.12043.1351673061.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2012-10-31 15:02 ` How does the Meta/Alt-Key work behind the scenes? Stefan Monnier
2012-10-31 16:24 ` Thorsten Jolitz [this message]
[not found] ` <mailman.12074.1351700673.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2012-10-31 16:51 ` William Gardella
2012-10-31 17:43 ` Thorsten Jolitz
2012-10-31 18:00 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-10-31 19:32 ` Thorsten Jolitz
2012-10-31 8:44 Thorsten Jolitz
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