From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jean Louis Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Make Super key work in console Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2021 15:40:46 +0300 Message-ID: References: <83h7m6zpr5.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="23736"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Mutt/2.0 (3d08634) (2020-11-07) Cc: help-gnu-emacs To: Yuri Khan Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Feb 21 13:44:11 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lDo5r-00063z-Bg for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 21 Feb 2021 13:44:11 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60722 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lDo5q-0007gt-75 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 21 Feb 2021 07:44:10 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:41632) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lDo4d-0007eW-R8 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Feb 2021 07:43:07 -0500 Original-Received: from stw1.rcdrun.com ([217.170.207.13]:49051) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lDo4Q-0005Rh-7j; Sun, 21 Feb 2021 07:42:52 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost ([::ffff:41.210.154.232]) (AUTH: PLAIN securesender, TLS: TLS1.2,256bits,ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) by stw1.rcdrun.com with ESMTPSA id 000000000001E1BF.000000006032551E.0000372A; Sun, 21 Feb 2021 05:42:05 -0700 Mail-Followup-To: Yuri Khan , Eli Zaretskii , help-gnu-emacs Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Received-SPF: pass client-ip=217.170.207.13; envelope-from=bugs@gnu.support; helo=stw1.rcdrun.com X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:128180 Archived-At: * Yuri Khan [2021-02-21 10:19]: > On Sun, 21 Feb 2021 at 12:32, Jean Louis wrote: > > > Now in /usr/share/terminfo I can find entries like `ibmpc' or `unixpc' > > do you think any of them could have the Super key entry there? I have > > tried using such with Emacs in console but do not see that Super key > > is working. > > > > As maybe just changing $TERM variable could make it work, what do you > > think? > > Terminfo database entries do not *define* how terminals work. They > *describe* it so that applications can decode the character stream > they receive. > > By changing your TERM variable, you tell your applications “Disregard > what my terminal emulator says about itself (if anything); treat it as > if it were what I say”. It’s an escape hatch, not a configuration > facility. I got the point. > > Maybe it is possible to define new terminfo file that supports all the > > keys commonly found on today's keyboard. > > It would be possible, but you would still need a terminal emulator > that actually emits the sequences you put in that terminfo entry. Yes, and that is what I cannot easily inspect, I can just assume that some terminal types like "ibmpc" or "unixpc" could maybe have that key defined. At least you may get idea on how I think that problem is maybe solved at least for terminal emulators, but I cannot verify it that it works.