From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Francis Moreau Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: C-M-. (find-tag-regexp) is not working Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:12:26 +0100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Message-ID: References: <1c5a0fce-3c0e-4fbe-84c9-3076485b0299@j39g2000yqn.googlegroups.com> <2daf4896-ec2c-4a33-9c4f-19882105a7b6@y13g2000yqn.googlegroups.com> <873ad9bm5c.fsf@iki.fi> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1237754507 28474 80.91.229.12 (22 Mar 2009 20:41:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 20:41:47 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Mar 22 21:43:05 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LlUVc-0005L9-3Z for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:43:04 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58571 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LlUUF-00056f-A5 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 22 Mar 2009 16:41:39 -0400 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!news.glorb.com!news.motzarella.org!motzarella.org!news.motzarella.org!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 27 Original-X-Trace: news.eternal-september.org U2FsdGVkX1+9OVVE1A1I6RiluXBFvRDsQizmbTSzlpbf5hlyHsApgG+tLAzoLb4zPBvvpCFHNf2+aFWQTDeHdQrz3haX6UaxEqzIK1tA5lU9xcGKe+3Su5Mm8G8/dGr/hbhi1bFfKLk= Original-X-Complaints-To: Please send complaints to abuse@motzarella.org with full headers Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 20:12:33 +0000 (UTC) X-Auth-Sender: U2FsdGVkX18XVr4CrVoIR/soTH+9jTjG7LXR3rqx8bw= Cancel-Lock: sha1:GCYIKyOkJMYBZf/7l5/mE60CKsM= sha1:o3Rn42tFnVOWqkfefhK6EldkGsY= User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.3 (gnu/linux) Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:167908 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:63200 Archived-At: Hello, Alan Mackenzie writes: > Teemu Likonen wrote: >> On 2009-03-19 05:45 (-0700), Francis Moreau wrote: > >>> yes I use emacs -nw in a gnome terminal > >> C-M-. doesn't work in text terminals. Ctrl+ combinations require >> that actual control character exists for the key. There is no such >> character as Ctrl+. so text terminal programs won't receive the key. I >> think that only Ctrl+ and Ctrl+ work in terminals. Meta key >> is more flexible, though. > > Quick question: is a "gnome terminal" like a Linux virtual terminal when > it comes to the keyboard? E.g., does generate "ESC [ A"? > > I run Emacs on a virtual terminal, and I have a keyboard enhancement > that gives me access to any key combination I need. Perhaps this would > work for gnome terminal. Could you tell me more about your "keyboard enhancement" ? Thanks -- Francis