From: suvayu ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com>
To: Jai Dayal <dayalsoap@gmail.com>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: alt key on Fedora not working
Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2011 08:06:58 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAMXnza2jEqfhRuq3ZgxETdg1+KYVVygL0hg1m=ByzqmeSJoGng@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMJ-YiRpMv4b8Ugb=aE9EdEeE9RX2KOnsFPR9B0T-ZMXMfXTmQ@mail.gmail.com>
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.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-12-06 7:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-12-06 1:29 alt key on Fedora not working Jai Dayal
2011-12-06 7:06 ` suvayu ali [this message]
2011-12-06 15:18 ` Jai Dayal
2011-12-06 17:39 ` suvayu ali
2011-12-06 17:47 ` Jai Dayal
2011-12-06 17:50 ` suvayu ali
2011-12-06 18:03 ` Jai Dayal
2011-12-06 9:34 ` Peter Dyballa
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