From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jude DaShiell Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Alt Putty Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2015 09:48:55 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: References: <16ca2aa8-2bbe-4943-812d-616e4c329c77@googlegroups.com> <1547b028-e1ff-4a58-bc6e-89ec1db473dc@googlegroups.com> <8337z34jji.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1440769770 30745 80.91.229.3 (28 Aug 2015 13:49:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2015 13:49:30 +0000 (UTC) To: Eli Zaretskii , help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 28 15:49:21 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZVK1r-0003lb-C3 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 28 Aug 2015 15:49:15 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47990 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZVK1q-0004Vq-T6 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 28 Aug 2015 09:49:14 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:50369) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZVK1f-0004VP-Ke for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Aug 2015 09:49:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZVK1e-0008WG-Ql for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Aug 2015 09:49:03 -0400 Original-Received: from mailbackend.panix.com ([166.84.1.89]:56331) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZVK1Y-0008Uf-Id; Fri, 28 Aug 2015 09:48:56 -0400 Original-Received: from panix5.panix.com (panix5.panix.com [166.84.1.5]) by mailbackend.panix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EDD101509C; Fri, 28 Aug 2015 09:48:55 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: by panix5.panix.com (Postfix, from userid 20712) id CD65B242A3; Fri, 28 Aug 2015 09:48:55 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by panix5.panix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7990242A2; Fri, 28 Aug 2015 09:48:55 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <8337z34jji.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Alpine 2.11 (NEB 23 2013-08-11) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux (Android) X-Received-From: 166.84.1.89 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:106900 Archived-At: alt needs not to be captured by emacs so it can get to putty then have putty work. On Fri, 28 Aug 2015, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2015 09:41:37 > From: Eli Zaretskii > To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org > Subject: Re: Alt Putty > >> Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2015 06:07:15 -0700 (PDT) >> From: Rusi >> >> On Friday, August 28, 2015 at 6:17:52 PM UTC+5:30, Eli Zaretskii wrote: >>>> Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2015 04:10:50 -0700 (PDT) >>>> From: Rusi >>>> >>>> How to make Alt-key work with PuTTY? >>> >>> What do you mean by "work"? Should it produce A-key or M-key in >>> Emacs? >> >> Sorry for not being clear... I guess this is OT >> Best I can see Alt generates nothing >> Naturally I would like Alt-x to be emacs' M-x as it does in >> windows and gnu/linux desktops. > > I think this happens automatically with PuTTY. It does for me. > > Are you sure it's not something in your TERM value and the > corresponding terminfo entry on the target machine? What happens if > you type "ESC x", does Emacs on the remote see "M-x"? If it does, > audit the PuTTY settings on the PuTTY's "Keyboard" and "Features" > panes (under "Terminal"). Maybe also "Behaviour" under "Window". > > --