* alt key on Fedora not working @ 2011-12-06 1:29 Jai Dayal 2011-12-06 7:06 ` suvayu ali 2011-12-06 9:34 ` Peter Dyballa 0 siblings, 2 replies; 8+ messages in thread From: Jai Dayal @ 2011-12-06 1:29 UTC (permalink / raw) To: help-gnu-emacs [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 221 bytes --] On fedora 16 xfce, 64-bit, the alt key no longer works as it's supposed to for emacs (Meta key). I have to use escape instead. Any idea what's happened and how I should fix it? emacs version is 23.2.1 Thanks a lot! Jai [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/html, Size: 252 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* Re: alt key on Fedora not working 2011-12-06 1:29 alt key on Fedora not working Jai Dayal @ 2011-12-06 7:06 ` suvayu ali 2011-12-06 15:18 ` Jai Dayal 2011-12-06 9:34 ` Peter Dyballa 1 sibling, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread From: suvayu ali @ 2011-12-06 7:06 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Jai Dayal; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 02:29, Jai Dayal <dayalsoap@gmail.com> wrote: > On fedora 16 xfce, 64-bit, the alt key no longer works as it's supposed to > for emacs (Meta key). I have to use escape instead. Any idea what's happened > and how I should fix it? > > emacs version is 23.2.1 > Are you using emacs in the terminal (emacs -nw)? There was a bug in vte which caused Alt keys to be neglected for all gtk based terminal emulators with the latest version of gtk. Several distros were affected (e.g. Debian). If my description matches your problem, see comment 20 on this bug report <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=626792>. > Thanks a lot! > Jai Hope this helps. -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* Re: alt key on Fedora not working 2011-12-06 7:06 ` suvayu ali @ 2011-12-06 15:18 ` Jai Dayal 2011-12-06 17:39 ` suvayu ali 0 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread From: Jai Dayal @ 2011-12-06 15:18 UTC (permalink / raw) To: suvayu ali; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 1115 bytes --] I should have been more clear: yes, I am using emacs -nw when ssh-ed into the servers. However, on my local machine, there is a graphical emacs (23.2.1) and when I do alt-x, it works as expected (M-x) So the problem only happens over ssh connections On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 2:06 AM, suvayu ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com>wrote: > On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 02:29, Jai Dayal <dayalsoap@gmail.com> wrote: > > On fedora 16 xfce, 64-bit, the alt key no longer works as it's supposed > to > > for emacs (Meta key). I have to use escape instead. Any idea what's > happened > > and how I should fix it? > > > > emacs version is 23.2.1 > > > > Are you using emacs in the terminal (emacs -nw)? There was a bug in > vte which caused Alt keys to be neglected for all gtk based terminal > emulators with the latest version of gtk. Several distros were > affected (e.g. Debian). If my description matches your problem, see > comment 20 on this bug report > <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=626792>. > > > Thanks a lot! > > Jai > > Hope this helps. > > -- > Suvayu > > Open source is the future. It sets us free. > [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/html, Size: 1719 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* Re: alt key on Fedora not working 2011-12-06 15:18 ` Jai Dayal @ 2011-12-06 17:39 ` suvayu ali 2011-12-06 17:47 ` Jai Dayal 0 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread From: suvayu ali @ 2011-12-06 17:39 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Jai Dayal; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs Hello Jai, On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 16:18, Jai Dayal <dayalsoap@gmail.com> wrote: > I should have been more clear: yes, I am using emacs -nw when ssh-ed into > the servers. > > However, on my local machine, there is a graphical emacs (23.2.1) and when I > do alt-x, it works as expected (M-x) > > So the problem only happens over ssh connections > As I said, its a vte bug. Look at the bugzilla link I provided. > On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 2:06 AM, suvayu ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> Are you using emacs in the terminal (emacs -nw)? There was a bug in >> vte which caused Alt keys to be neglected for all gtk based terminal >> emulators with the latest version of gtk. Several distros were >> affected (e.g. Debian). If my description matches your problem, see >> comment 20 on this bug report >> <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=626792>. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Look at this link. -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* Re: alt key on Fedora not working 2011-12-06 17:39 ` suvayu ali @ 2011-12-06 17:47 ` Jai Dayal 2011-12-06 17:50 ` suvayu ali 0 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread From: Jai Dayal @ 2011-12-06 17:47 UTC (permalink / raw) To: suvayu ali; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 1267 bytes --] I see. this seems to be the problem I'm having, and the last post mentions XFCE. It seems that I just have to wait for a fix to be released? Jai On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 12:39 PM, suvayu ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com>wrote: > Hello Jai, > > On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 16:18, Jai Dayal <dayalsoap@gmail.com> wrote: > > I should have been more clear: yes, I am using emacs -nw when ssh-ed > into > > the servers. > > > > However, on my local machine, there is a graphical emacs (23.2.1) and > when I > > do alt-x, it works as expected (M-x) > > > > So the problem only happens over ssh connections > > > > As I said, its a vte bug. Look at the bugzilla link I provided. > > > On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 2:06 AM, suvayu ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com> > > wrote: > >> > >> Are you using emacs in the terminal (emacs -nw)? There was a bug in > >> vte which caused Alt keys to be neglected for all gtk based terminal > >> emulators with the latest version of gtk. Several distros were > >> affected (e.g. Debian). If my description matches your problem, see > >> comment 20 on this bug report > >> <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=626792>. > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > Look at this link. > > -- > Suvayu > > Open source is the future. It sets us free. > [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/html, Size: 1999 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* Re: alt key on Fedora not working 2011-12-06 17:47 ` Jai Dayal @ 2011-12-06 17:50 ` suvayu ali 2011-12-06 18:03 ` Jai Dayal 0 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread From: suvayu ali @ 2011-12-06 17:50 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Jai Dayal; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 18:47, Jai Dayal <dayalsoap@gmail.com> wrote: > I see. this seems to be the problem I'm having, and the last post mentions > XFCE. > > It seems that I just have to wait for a fix to be released? I gave all the information in my first post. Look at comment 20. It *has* the fix. -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* Re: alt key on Fedora not working 2011-12-06 17:50 ` suvayu ali @ 2011-12-06 18:03 ` Jai Dayal 0 siblings, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread From: Jai Dayal @ 2011-12-06 18:03 UTC (permalink / raw) To: suvayu ali; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 519 bytes --] Installing the RPM worked. Good find. Thank you. On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 12:50 PM, suvayu ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com>wrote: > On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 18:47, Jai Dayal <dayalsoap@gmail.com> wrote: > > I see. this seems to be the problem I'm having, and the last post > mentions > > XFCE. > > > > It seems that I just have to wait for a fix to be released? > > I gave all the information in my first post. Look at comment 20. It > *has* the fix. > > -- > Suvayu > > Open source is the future. It sets us free. > [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/html, Size: 940 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* Re: alt key on Fedora not working 2011-12-06 1:29 alt key on Fedora not working Jai Dayal 2011-12-06 7:06 ` suvayu ali @ 2011-12-06 9:34 ` Peter Dyballa 1 sibling, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread From: Peter Dyballa @ 2011-12-06 9:34 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Jai Dayal; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs Am 06.12.2011 um 02:29 schrieb Jai Dayal: > On fedora 16 xfce, 64-bit, the alt key no longer works as it's supposed to > for emacs (Meta key). I have to use escape instead. Any idea what's > happened and how I should fix it? With xmodmap and xev you can investigate some settings valid for X11 and how they work You can also set the X server's behaviour. (GNU Emacs, when launched as an X client, does not read key presses and releases but receives key events from the X server – and these are already a bit translated from what your fingers perform.) -- Greetings Pete If my theory of relativity is proven successful, Germany will claim me as a German, and France will declare that I am a citizen of the world. Should my theory prove untrue, France will say that I am a German, and Germany will declare that I am a Jew. – Albert Einstein, 1929 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
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