From: Alexander Nikolov <alexander@ip217-30.mnet.bg>
Subject: Re: Help producing the Alt modifier
Date: 10 May 2003 01:24:28 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2u1c3twz7.fsf@ip217-30.mnet.bg> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 84isspnctp.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de
kai.grossjohann@gmx.net (Kai Großjohann) writes:
> Alexander Nikolov <alexander@ip217-30.mnet.bg> writes:
>
> > I think that my problem is relevant to the subject of this thread so
> > I'd post it here. Does anybody have any clues as to why my Alt key is
> > working fine as a Meta modifier within X but does not trigger any
> > action within Emacs on the terminal. ESC is working both ways, but is
> > somewhat inconvenient. I'm interested id ESC can be modified in such
> > a way that it acts _\be_\bx_\ba_\bc_\bt_\bl_\by like a Meta key.
>
> Type M-x (not ESC x) in the terminal, then C-h l. What do you see?
>
> Which terminal are you using? For example, xterm and konsole need
> mutually exclusive configuration of the Alt/Meta key, so it's
> impossible to make it work for both in the same session. (It works
> if you use different keys. But I prefer to use the same key
> always -- the key to the left of the space bar should be Meta,
> regardless of what's printed on it.)
>
> --
> file-error; Data: (Opening input file no such file or directory ~/.signature)
When I wrote "terminal" I actually meant the console(tty). When I
write M-x and then C-h l there is no sign of M-x(nor of any other
Meta-combination).
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2003-04-29 6:51 ` Help producing the Alt modifier Klaus Zeitler
[not found] ` <5SBra.42419$mZ4.495512@news.xtra.co.nz>
2003-04-30 5:30 ` Klaus Zeitler
[not found] ` <k5Zra.46248$mZ4.552438@news.xtra.co.nz>
2003-05-03 4:24 ` Bijan Soleymani
2003-05-03 11:41 ` Marco Parrone
2003-04-30 14:26 ` Kai Großjohann
[not found] ` <uPZra.46360$mZ4.553032@news.xtra.co.nz>
2003-05-01 11:47 ` Kai Großjohann
2003-05-01 22:15 ` Stefan Monnier
2003-05-02 14:17 ` Ehud Karni
[not found] ` <mailman.5490.1051885088.21513.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2003-05-02 16:21 ` Stefan Monnier
2003-05-05 1:25 ` Alexander Nikolov
2003-05-05 6:10 ` Kai Großjohann
2003-05-10 1:24 ` Alexander Nikolov [this message]
2003-05-10 15:07 ` Alexander Nikolov
[not found] ` <V1jsa.49550$mZ4.583907@news.xtra.co.nz>
2003-05-02 9:16 ` Luis O. Silva
2003-05-02 12:25 ` Kai Großjohann
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[not found] ` <73fta.58420$mZ4.668797@news.xtra.co.nz>
2003-05-05 7:36 ` Klaus Zeitler
2003-05-06 2:53 ` Bijan Soleymani
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